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Changes in Postural Control in Healthy Elderly Subjects are Related to Vibration Sensation, Vision and Vestibular Asymmetry

E.K. Kristinsdottir, P-A. Fransson, M. Magnusson Department of Otorhinolaryngolog y, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Pages 700-706 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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