The role of task difficulty in the control of dynamic balance in children and adults

Human Movement Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-438

  Streepey, Jefferson W ^a   Angulo Kinzler, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance control; Center of pressure; Children; Dynamic task; Motor development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINESTHESIA; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036809027     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(02)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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