Ankle biomechanics of ballet dancers in relevé en pointé dance

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Lin, Cheng Feng ^a   Su, Fong Chin ^a   Wu, Hong Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankle movement; Ballet; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MOTION;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; DANCING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 16344369730     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620590922068     Document Type: Article

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