Correlation between body mass index and postural balance
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Correlation between body mass index and postural balance.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and postural balance in unipodal support. METHOD 40 males, age 26 +/- 5 yrs, body mass 72.3 +/- 11 kg, height 176 +/_ 6 cm and BMI 23.3 +/- 3.2 kg/m(2), were submitted to functional stability tests using the Biodex Balance System (stability evaluation protocol level 2, which allows an inclination of up to 20 degrees in the ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1807-5932
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322007000600010