Aging-Induced Shifts From a Reliance on Sensory Input to Muscle Cocontraction During Balanced Standing

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N. Benjuya · Kaye Academic College of Education

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To cope with the deterioration in their sensory input and processing ability, elderly individuals seemed to have developed a strategy of stiffening and freezing their lower legs during upright standing.

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Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Effects of Vibration on Health Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

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Published in: The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Volume 59, Issue 2, pp. M166-M171

DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.2.m166

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Aging-Induced Shifts From a Reliance on Sensory Input to Muscle Cocontraction During Balanced Standing

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