Interpersonal light touch assists balance in the elderly

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 397-399

  Johannsen, Leif ^a   Guzman Garcia, Azucena ^b   Wing, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Body balance; Interpersonal coordination; Light touch

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TOUCH;

AGED; AGING; CUES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350780545     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/35-09-001     Document Type: Article

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