A flexed posture in elderly patients is associated with impairments in postural control during walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 767-772

  De Groot, Maartje H ^a   van der Jagt Willems, Hanna C ^a,c   van Campen, Jos P C M ^a   Lems, Willem F ^b   Beijnen, Jos H ^a,d   Lamoth, Claudine J C ^e  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Flexed posture; Osteoporosis; Postural control; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COBB ANGLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FLEXED POSTURE; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYPHARMACY; POSTURAL CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACIC KYPHOSIS; TRUNK; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ELDERLY; FLEXED POSTURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTURAL CONTROL; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TORSO; WALKING;

EID: 84892814617     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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