Exercise of mechanisms for dynamic stability control increases stability performance in the elderly

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a,b   Peper, Andreas ^a   Bierbaum, Stefanie ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Centre of Sport Science and Sport Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dynamic Stability; Falls; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEFORE AND AFTER; CENTRE OF MASS; CONTROL GROUPS; COUNTER ROTATING; DYNAMIC STABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; FALLS; LOCOMOTION; MOMENT GENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; RECOVERY PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC TASKS; STABILITY PERFORMANCE;

MUSCLE; STABILITY;

DYNAMICS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 78650007543     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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