The effects of obesity on balance recovery using an ankle strategy

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 584-595

  Matrangola, Sara L ^a   Madigan, Michael L ^a,b  

^a Virginia Tech Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle strategy; Balance recovery; Obesity; Postural perturbations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALANCE RECOVERY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955827249     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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