Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 438-443 , April 2010

Medio-lateral stability of sit-to-walk performance in older individuals with and without fear of falling

  • Anna Cristina Åberg

      Affiliations

    • The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Box 5626, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Geriatrics, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Box 5626, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: +46 8 4022258.
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  • Gunilla Elmgren Frykberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation Medicine, Uppsala University, University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Kjartan Halvorsen

      Affiliations

    • The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Box 5626, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 16 June 2009 ,Revised 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 24 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.018

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 438-443 , April 2010

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