Comparison of stability and weight shift among golfers grouped by skill level

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 685-692

  Stemm, J D ^a   Jacobson, B H ^a   Royer, T D ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY WEIGHT; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947161999     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.3.685-692     Document Type: Article

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