Conscious use of the human body in movement: The peripheral neuroanatomic basis of the Alexander technique

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-11

  Batson, Glenna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; DANCING; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030004481     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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