Spontaneous whole body rotations and classical dance expertise: How shoulder-hip coordination influences supporting leg displacements

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-321

  Golomer, Eveline ^a   Toussaint, Yann ^b   Bouillette, Arnaud ^a   Keller, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Ballet dancing; Kinesthetic style; Mental imagery; Motor control; Whole body turn

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; SHOULDER; TRAINING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

DANCING; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349083053     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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