Postural synergies and their development

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Latash, Mark L ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Vijaya ^b   Scholz, John P ^b   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Posture; Practice; Synergy; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 23744435159     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/NP.2005.119     Document Type: Review

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