Gait & Posture
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 56-62 , January 2007

Age associated differences in postural equilibrium control: A comparison between EQscore and minimum time to contact (TTCmin)

  • Katharine E. Forth

      Affiliations

    • National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    • Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • E. Jeffrey Metter

      Affiliations

    • NIA/Clinical Research Branch, Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • William H. Paloski

      Affiliations

    • Human Adaptation & Countermeasures Office, Neurosciences Laboratory, Mail Code SK, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 281 244 5315; fax: +1 281 244 5734.

Received 22 April 2005 ,Revised 24 December 2005 ,Accepted 30 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.008

Gait & Posture
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 56-62 , January 2007

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