Balance abilities of professional dancers on select balance tests

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-17

  Crotts, Deanna ^a   Thompson, Betsy ^b   Nahom, Michele ^c   Ryan, Shelley ^d   Newton, Roberta A ^e  

^a Mt Sinai Hospital   (United States)

^b DeKalb Medical Center   (United States)

^c Advanced Physical Therapy   (United States)

^d Therapy Resources   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dancers; equilibrium; standing posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STANDING;

EID: 0030070571     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.1996.23.1.12     Document Type: Article

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