Trunk sway reductions in young and older adults using multi-modal biofeedback

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-472

  Davis, Justin R ^a   Carpenter, Mark G ^a   Tschanz, Roger ^b   Meyes, Simon ^b   Debrunner, Daniel ^b   Burger, Juergen ^b   Allum, John H J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Applied Science   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance improvement; Biofeedback; Gait; Older adults; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATIC EXERCISE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; THORAX;

EID: 77951207802     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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