Influence of obesity on accurate and rapid arm movement performed from a standing posture

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1750-1757

  Berrigan, F ^a   Simoneau, M ^a   Tremblay, A ^b   Hue, O ^a   Teasdale, N ^a,c  

^a Groupe de Recherche en Analyse du Mouvement et Ergonomie (GRAME)   (Canada)

^b Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Activité Physique LABSAP   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy constraints; Aiming movement; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; HAND MOVEMENT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; ELBOW JOINT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OBESITY; POSTURE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33845249751     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803342     Document Type: Article

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