Postural strategy to keep balance on the seesaw

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-21

  Almeida, G L ^a,b   Carvalho, R L ^a,c   Talis, V L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Balance; Posture; Seesaw; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 28344440811     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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