Balance Control and Balance Recovery in Obesity

Current Obesity Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-173

  Capodaglio, P ^a   Cimolin, V ^a   Tacchini, E ^a   Parisio, C ^a   Galli, M ^a,b,c  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance; Control; Obesity; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Stabilogram

Indexed keywords

BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STABILOGRAPHY; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84878557644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-012-0018-7     Document Type: Review

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