Quantitative assessment of balance performance on a passively unstable surface

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-10

  Quesada, Peter M ^a,b   Durham, Michael P ^b   Topp, Robert V ^b   Swank, Ann M ^b   Biton, Danielle ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Quantitative assessment; Wobble board

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250818684     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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