Effects of age and lean direction on the threshold of single-step balance recovery in younger, middle-aged and older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 365-371

  Carbonneau, Evelyne ^a,b,c   Smeesters, Cécile ^a,b,c  

^a Research Center on Aging   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Human Performance and Safety Research Group (PERSEUS)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Balance; Direction; Falls; Postural perturbations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; GAIT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN DIRECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE; BALANCE; DIRECTION; FALLS; POSTURAL PERTURBATIONS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888296341     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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