Vibratory thresholds and mobility in older persons

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 754-760

  Buchman, Aron S ^a,b   Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Leurgans, Sue ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Mobility; Peripheral neuropathy; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIBRATION SENSE; VIBRATORY THRESHOLD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 67049169012     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21263     Document Type: Article

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