The ability to voluntarily control sway reflects the difficulty of the standing task

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-81

  Reynolds, Raymond Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Standing; Sway; Voluntary control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 73149093840     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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