An overview of age-related changes in postural control during quiet standing tasks using classical and modern stabilometric descriptors

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Vieira, Taian de Mello Martins ^a,b   Oliveira, Liliam Fernandes de ^b   Nadal, Jurandir ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Postural balance; Signal processing; Stabilometric descriptors

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68649088796     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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