Relationship between skin resistance levels and one leg standing balance in healthy subjects

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-291

  Cimbiz, Ali ^a   Gulbandilar, Eyyup ^a   Bayazit, Vahdettin ^a   Ozay, Yusuf ^a   Dayioglu, Hayri ^a  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Balance; Proprioception; Skin resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 33645342495     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.286.291     Document Type: Article

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