The influence of gender and somatotype on single-leg upright standing postural stability in children

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Lee, Alex J Y ^a   Lin, Wei Hsiu ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body type; Postural balance; Static balance; Upright stance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; EYE MOVEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE;

BODY WEIGHT; CENTER OF PRESSURE (COP); POSTURAL BALANCE; SOMATOTYPES; STATIC BALANCE; UPRIGHT STANCE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE AND TENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOTYPE; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34548289001     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.23.3.173     Document Type: Article

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