Balance and postural skills in normal-weight and overweight prepubertal boys

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-182

  Deforche, Benedicte I ^a   Hills, Andrew P ^b   Worringham, Charles J ^b   Davies, Peter S W ^c   Murphy, Alexia J ^c   Bouckaert, Jacques J ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balance; Children; Daily living activities; Overweight; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE;

EID: 69449107056     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160802468470     Document Type: Article

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