Examining the effects of postural constraints on estimating reach

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-246

  Gabbard, Carl ^a   Cordova, Alberto ^a   Lee, Sunghan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived reachability; Postural constraints; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SITTING; STANDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34547917256     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.39.4.242-246     Document Type: Article

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