Standing Balance in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Comparative Study with Healthy Subjects
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
- Vol. 18 (1), 33-42
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03009748909095401
Abstract
Standing balance was studied with use of a force platform (AMTI) in 67 subjects with classical/definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 152 healthy subjects, 67 of whom formed a group matched for sex and age. Compared with healthy subjects, RA subjects showed significantly (p < 0.01) greater postural sway, reflected by increased area and length of sway path, differences being greatest in those tests representing a relatively high level of difficulty, involving standing on one leg, looking straight ahead.Keywords
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