An artificial neural network estimation of gait balance control in the elderly using clinical evaluations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Lugade, Vipul ^a   Lin, Victor ^b   Farley, Arthur ^a   Chou, Li Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Rehabilitation Medicine Associates of Eugene Springfield PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BASE OF SUPPORT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CENTER OF MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84901368178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097595     Document Type: Article

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