Effects of different types of light touch on postural sway

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-79

  Krishnamoorthy, Vijaya ^a   Slijper, Harm ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Postural sway; Touch; Vertical posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HEAD; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH; VISION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; TOUCH;

EID: 0036402560     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1206-6     Document Type: Article

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