Postural sway during quiet standing is related to physiological tremor and muscle volume in young and elderly adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-17

  Kouzaki, Motoki ^a   Masani, Kei ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Aging; Center of pressure; Muscle mass; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; POSTURAL BALANCE; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855967714     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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