Postural stability in the elderly: A comparison between fallers and non-fallers

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 602-607

  Melzer, I ^a   Benjuya, N ^a   Kaplanski, Jacob ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure; Elderly; Falls; Force platform; Limits of stability; Postural stability; Sway

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEG MUSCLE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8644284950     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh218     Document Type: Article

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