Development of a new training system for improving the postural control ability of elderly adults

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-334

  Piao, Yong Jun ^a   Kwon, Tae Kyu ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Kim, Nam Gyun ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly adults; Postural control; Training system; Unstable platform

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; CONTROL; EXPERIMENTS;

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CENTER OF PRESSURE; ELDERLY ADULTS; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; POSTURAL CONTROL; TRAINING SYSTEMS; UNSTABLE PLATFORM; ANKLE JOINTS; AVERAGE DEVIATION; AVERAGE DISTANCE; MONITORING DEVICE; PERFORMANCE TESTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SAFETY HARNESS; TRAINING EFFECTS; TRAINING SYSTEM;

TESTING;

EID: 70349696643     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-009-0109-x     Document Type: Article

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