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MEASUREMENT OF ACUITY OF BALANCE IN NORMAL INDIVIDUALS AND PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Author(s) -
Östlund Haldo
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1970.tb02231.x
Subject(s) - balance (ability) , reliability (semiconductor) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , normal population , test (biology) , population , psychology , medicine , audiology , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , biology
Some quantitative aspects of balance in erect posture and a method for their estimation are discussed. Data concerning the reliability and validity of the test procedure are also presented and discussed. Data from a population of normal individuals as well as some groups of patients with disorders of balance are presented together with some statistical results.