The concept of balance

Physiotherapy

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 368-375

  Ragnarsdóttir, Maria ^a,b  

^a Department of Ergonomics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Balance; Concepts; Definitions; Postural control

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; STABILOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029905469     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66484-X     Document Type: Article

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