The analysis and improvement of elderly human body balance...th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Issue Brain, balance and walking; Using dynamic center of pressure to measure human body's balance ability; Postural stability evaluation using entropy-based methods for the elderly; Evaluation of somatosensory gaming for one-leg lifting training to improve balance. Content Falls are a major public...
| Published in: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 111 |
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