Mechanisms underlying center of pressure displacements in obese subjects during quiet stance

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Menegoni, Francesco ^a   Tacchini, Elena ^a   Bigoni, Matteo ^a   Vismara, Luca ^a   Priano, Lorenzo ^a,b   Galli, Manuela ^c,d   Capodaglio, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

balance; center of pressure; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESSURE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955025423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-8-20     Document Type: Article

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