Olfactory stimuli and enhanced postural stability in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 658-660

  Freeman, Shannon ^a,b   Ebihara, Satoru ^a   Ebihara, Takae ^a   Niu, Kaijun ^a   Kohzuki, Masahiro ^b   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Butler, James P ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Black pepper; Force plate; Lavender; Trajectory length

Indexed keywords

LAVENDER OIL; WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PEPPER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SMELLING; THERAPY EFFECT; VELOCITY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLACK PEPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAVANDULA; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SMELL;

EID: 63249106262     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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