Stance stability with unilateral and bilateral light touch of an external stationary object

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-325

  Dickstein, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Postural control; Somatosensory; Stability; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STANDING; TOUCH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; TOUCH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33644630858     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220500420640     Document Type: Article

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