Sitting balance II: Reach direction and thigh support affect the contribution of the lower limbs when reaching beyond arm's length in sitting

Gait and Posture

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Dean, Catherine M ^a   Shepherd, Roberta B ^a   Adams, Roger D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Muscle; Reaching; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; THIGH;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; THIGH;

EID: 0032878774     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(99)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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