Influence of perceptual learning on standing posture balance: Repeated training for hardness discrimination of foot sole

Gait and Posture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-40

  Morioka, Shu ^a,b   Yagi, Fumio ^b  

^a Kochi School of Allied Health and Medical Professions   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foot sole; Hardness discrimination; Perceptual learning; Rehabilitation; Standing posture balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FOOT; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FOOT; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REHABILITATION; TOUCH;

EID: 2942562528     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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