Anticipatory postural adjustment and T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 33, Issue , 1997, Pages 65-70

  Forrest, William R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory postural adjustment; Balance; Equilibrium; Posture; Preprogramming; T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 0031432099     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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