A population-based study of sensorimotor factors affecting gait in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-295

  Callisaya, Michele L ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Schmidt, Michael D ^a   Mcginley, Jennifer L ^b   Lord, Stephen R ^c   Srikanth, Velandai K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; Gait; Population based study; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPONSE TIME; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING SPEED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TASMANIA;

EID: 65449186667     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp017     Document Type: Article

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