Developing an "anchor" system to enhance postural control

Motor Control

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-358

  Mauerberg deCastro, Eliane ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Action perception; Affordance; Dynamic systems; Nonrigid tools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; GAIT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PERCEPTION;

EID: 16544376142     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.8.3.339     Document Type: Article

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