Effect of physical exercise and age on knee joint position sense

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-67

  Ribeiro, Fernando ^a,b   Oliveira, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exercise; Knee position; Older adults; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERROR; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KINETICS; KNEE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEOTAPE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953288166     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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