Influence of vision and static stretch of the calf muscles on postural sway during quiet standing

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 422-434

  Nagano, Akinori ^a   Yoshioka, Shinsuke ^a,b   Hay, Dean C ^b   Himeno, Ryutaro ^a   Fukashiro, Senshi ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Balance; Plantarflexor; Stance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; VELOCITY; VISION;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; VISION;

EID: 33744926460     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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