Subsensory vibrations to the feet reduce gait variability in elderly fallers

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-387

  Galica, Andrew M ^a   Kang, Hyun Gu ^a,b,c,d   Priplata, Attila A ^f   D'Andrea, Susan E ^g   Starobinets, Olga V ^a   Sorond, Farzaneh A ^a,h   Cupples, L Adrienne ^e   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b,c  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Stryker Orthopaedics   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Gait; Noise; Stochastic resonance; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STANDING; VIBRATION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; VIBRATION;

EID: 68549107566     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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