Manipulating balance perceptions in healthy young adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-386

  Lamarche, Larkin ^a   Shaw, James A ^a   Gammage, Kimberley L ^a   Adkin, Allan L ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Balance efficacy; Balance perceptions; Stability; Verbal persuasion

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449118855     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.10.056     Document Type: Article

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