Variation in coordination of a discrete multiarticular action as a function of skill level

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 463-479

  Jia, Yi Chow ^a,b   Davids, Keith ^c   Button, Chris ^b   Koh, Michael ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coordination; Discrete multiarticular actions; Skill level; Task constraints

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGLE ANGLE PLOT; ARTICLE; BALL TRAJECTORY PLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRETE MULTIARTICULAR ACTION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; KICKING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; RANGE OF MOTION; SKILL; SPORT; TASK CONSTRAINT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINTS; KINESTHESIS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCCER;

EID: 36349032712     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.39.6.463-480     Document Type: Article

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