Effects of wobble board training on weight distribution on the lower extremities of sedentary subjects

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-253

  Adedoyin, Rufus A ^a   Olaogun, Matthew O B ^a   Omotayo, Kehinde ^a   Olawale, Olajide A ^b   Egwu, Michael O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Lower extremities; Physical therapy; Weight distribution; Wobble board

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING;

EID: 52449097836     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2008-16402     Document Type: Article

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