Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 261-264 , February 2010

A novel tool for the assessment of dynamic balance in healthy individuals

  • Nejc Šarabon

      Affiliations

    • Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
    • ,
  • Boštjan Mlaker

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • ,
  • Goran Markovic

      Affiliations

    • School of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Horvacanski Zavoj 15, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +385 1 3658606.

Received 18 May 2009 ,Revised 29 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 November 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00653-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.001

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 261-264 , February 2010

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