Human stance stability improves with the repetition of the task: Effect of foot position and visual condition

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-78

  Tarantola, Jessica ^a   Nardone, Antonio ^a   Tacchini, Elena ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^b  

^a Div Phys Ther Rehab Rehab I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance; Human; Motor Learning; Stabilometry; Task repetition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030834099     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00370-4     Document Type: Article

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