Coupling between punch efficacy and body stability for elite karate

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-356

  Cesari, Paola ^a,b   Bertucco, Matteo ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure; Impact force; Postural stability; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; KARATE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKILL; SPORT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 42649136224     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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