Open AccessSex-specific age associations of ankle proprioception test performance in older adults: results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Author(s) -
Seung-uk Ko,
E. M. Simonsick,
Nandini Deshpande,
Luigi Ferrucci
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afv005
Subject(s) - proprioception , ankle , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , longitudinal study , physical therapy , timed up and go test , test (biology) , gait , balance (ability) , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
this study was aimed to test the hypothesis that ankle proprioception assessed by custom-designed proprioception testing equipment changes with ageing in men and women.
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