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Genetic and environmental influences on variation in balance performance among female twin pairs aged 21-82 years.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Aug 2006
El Haber Natalie, Hill Keith D, Cassano Anne-Marie T, Paton Lynda M, Macinnis Robert J, Cui James S, Hopper John L, Wark John D
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Genetic and environmental influences on variation in balance performance were measured in 93 monozygous and 83 dizygous female twin pairs aged 21-82 years (mean age, 50.5 years) in Melbourne, Australia, between 1999 and 2003. The authors administered clinical (Lord's Balance Test and Step Test) and laboratory tests of static and dynamic balance from the Chattecx Balance System with and without distractor tasks....
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