Characteristics of the control of standing posture during pregnancy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 462, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Nagai, Masanori ^a   Isida, Mitsuo ^a   Saitoh, Junko ^a   Hirata, Yoshie ^b   Natori, Hatsumi ^b   Wada, Maki ^c  

^a YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Japan   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Posturogram; Pregnancy; Standing posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 67650995421     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.091     Document Type: Article

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