Development of locomotor balance control in healthy children

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 527-532

  Assaiante, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Balance control; Children; Development; Kinematic and Electromyographic (EMG) analysis; Locomotor activities

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0031924782     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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