Obesity adds constraint on balance control and movement performance

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1364-1368

  Berrigan, F ^a   Hue, O ^a   Teasdale, N ^a   Simoneau, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE CONTROL; BEFORE AND AFTER; DIFFERENT SIZES; MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE; STANDING POSTURE; UPPER LIMBS; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM;

WEIGHING;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 72249095651     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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