Young and older adults use different strategies to perform a standing turning task

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 826-832

  Baird, Jennifer L ^a   Van Emmerik, Richard E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Older adults; Range of motion; Standing; Turning

Indexed keywords

BALANCE; FALLS; OLDER ADULTS; RANGE OF MOTION; STANDING;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FRACTURE;

TURNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 70349863067     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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