Considerations for normalizing measures of the Star Excursion Balance Test

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-100

  Gribble, Phillip A ^a   Hertel, Jay ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic balance; Foot type; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAR EXCURSION BALANCE TEST;

EID: 0038441349     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327841MPEE0702_3     Document Type: Article

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