Form and Variability during Sit-to-Stand Transitions: Children Versus Adults

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-114

  Guarrera Bowlby, Phyllis L ^a,b,c   Gentile, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrinsic dynamics; Motor control; Motor development; Motor learning; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIT TO STAND TRANSITION; SKILL; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1242336765     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.36.1.104-114     Document Type: Article

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