How does practise of internal Chinese martial arts influence postural reaction control?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 629-642

  Gorgy, Olivier ^a   Vercher, Jean Louis ^a   Coyle, Thelma ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Centre of mass; Centre of pressure; Fixed support strategy; Internal Chinese martial art; Postural reaction control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MARTIAL ARTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 41049106187     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701670401     Document Type: Article

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