Posturographic stabilisation of healthy subjects exposed to full-length mirror image is inversely related to body-image preoccupations

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-75

  Maria Galeazzi, Gian ^a   Monzani, Daniele ^a   Gherpelli, Chiara ^a   Covezzi, Roberta ^a   Guaraldi, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Body image; Eating disorders; Postural control; Posturography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; STABILOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750528184     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.077     Document Type: Article

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