Validity and reliability of the Swaymeter device for measuring postural sway

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sturnieks, Daina L ^a   Arnold, Ria ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054100827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-63     Document Type: Article

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