Age-related differences in quality of standing balance using a composite score

Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 306-314

  Pasma, Jantsje H ^a   Bijlsma, Astrid Y ^a,b   Van Der Bij, Mark D W ^a   Arendzen, J Hans ^a   Meskers, Carel G M ^a,b   Maier, Andrea B ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Center of pressure movement; Standing balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY POSTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; CENTER OF PRESSURE COMPOSITE SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903435368     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357406     Document Type: Article

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