Effects of different movement strategies on forward reach distance

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-23

  Liao, Chien Fen ^a   Lin, Sang I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balance; Center of mass; Functional reach test; Kinematics; Movement strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 44149106635     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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