Posturographic measures in healthy young adults during quiet sitting in comparison with quiet standing

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Vette, Albert H ^a,b   Masani, Kei ^a,b   Sin, Vivian ^a,b   Popovic, Milos R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Center of pressure; Human posture; Posturography; Sitting balance; Standing balance

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BALANCE CONTROL; BODY SWAY; CENTER OF PRESSURE; DIFFUSION FUNCTIONS; FORCE PLATFORM; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HEALTHY PEOPLE; HUMAN POSTURES; POSTURAL STEADINESS; POSTUROGRAPHY; REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES; SHORT TIME INTERVALS; STABILOGRAMS; TIME DOMAIN; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

BIOMECHANICS; TIME SERIES;

RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449120797     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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