Effects of aging and tactile stochastic resonance on postural performance and postural control in a sensory conflict task

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-135

  Dettmer, Marius ^a,b   Pourmoghaddam, Amir ^a,b   Lee, Beom Chan ^b   Layne, Charles S ^b  

^a Memorial Bone and Joint Research Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; balance; foot sole vibration; stochastic resonance; tactile receptors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKOV CHAIN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VERY ELDERLY; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938693426     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2015.1004045     Document Type: Article

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