Influence of obesity and gender on the postural stability during upright stance

Obesity Facts

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-217

  Cruz Gómez, Nora S ^a   Plascencia, Georgina ^a   Villanueva Padrón, Laura A ^a   Jáuregui Renaud, Kathrine ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body weight; Gender; Obesity; Postural stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; SEX FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THINNESS; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960198267     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329408     Document Type: Article

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