The Lasting Effects of Spike Insoles on Postural Control in the Elderly

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1141-1147

  Palluel, Estelle ^a,b   Olivier, Isabelle ^a   Nougier, Vincent ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

elderly; foot sole stimulation; plantar cutaneous information; postural control; spike insoles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOE; SITTING; STANDING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; SHOES; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 70350227380     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017115     Document Type: Article

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