Neuromuscular function and balance of prepubertal and pubertal blind and sighted boys

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1277-1283

  Häkkinen, Arja ^a   Holopainen, Elina ^b   Kautiainen, Hannu ^c   Sillanpää, Elina ^b   Häkkinen, Keijo ^b  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Balance; Blind; Muscle activation; Muscle mass

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRENGTH;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 33748879796     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250600573144     Document Type: Article

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