Comparison of multisensory and strength training for postural control in the elderly

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-125

  Alfieri, Fábio Marcon ^a   Riberto, Marcelo ^b   Gatz, Lucila Silveira ^c   Ribeiro, Carla Paschoal Corsi ^b   Lopes, José Augusto Fernandes ^b   Battistella, Linamara Rizzo ^b  

^a UNASP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Clinics Hospital of University of São Paulo ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Multisensory; Postural control; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTISENSORY EXERCISE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; POSTURAL CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TORQUE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

AGED; AGING; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 84867613236     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S27747     Document Type: Article

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