Inferred influence of human lateral profile on limb load asymmetry during a quiet standing balance test

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gutnik, Boris ^a   Leaver, Jonathan ^a   Standen, Clive ^a   Longley, Christopher ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Force; Handedness; Laterality; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 50949102366     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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