Vibrotactile tilt feedback improves dynamic gait index: A fall risk indicator in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-21

  Wall III, Conrad ^a   Wrisley, Diane M ^b   Statler, Kennyn D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental; Biofeedback; Falls; Postural balance; Prostheses and implants

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; FALLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRAINING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VIBRATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 67349203957     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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