The modified romberg balance test: Normative data in U.S. adults

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1309-1311

  Agrawa, Yuri ^a   Carey, John P ^a   Hoffman, Howard J ^b   Sklare, Daniel A ^b   Schubert, Michael C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Falls; Race; Romberg; Sex; Vestibular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052966603     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31822e5bee     Document Type: Article

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