Balance improvements in female high school basketball players after a 6-week neuromuscular-training program

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-481

  Valovich McLeod, Tamara C ^a   Armstrong, Travis ^b   Miller, Mathew ^c   Sauers, Jamie L ^d  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATAWBA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Wynn Las Vegas   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Balance error scoring system; Motor control; Proprioception; Star excursion balance test

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349088758     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.18.4.465     Document Type: Article

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