Reliability of center of pressure measures of postural stability in healthy older adults: Effects of postural task difficulty and cognitive load

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-655

  Moghadam, Mojgan ^a   Ashayeri, Hassan ^a   Salavati, Mahyar ^b   Sarafzadeh, Javad ^a   Taghipoor, Keyvan Davatgaran ^b   Saeedi, Ahmad ^c   Salehi, Reza ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^d AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Center of pressure; Dual task; Elderly; Postural control; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALCULATION; CENTER OF PRESSURE; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79955157616     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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