Differences between arms and legs on position sense and joint reaction angle

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1652-1655

  Paschalis, Vassilis ^a,b   Nikolaidis, Michalis G ^a,b   Giakas, Giannis ^a,b   Jamurtas, Athanasios Z ^a,b   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lower limb; Proprioception; Reaction time; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ELBOW; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARM; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449418074     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b4382d     Document Type: Article

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