Golgi Tendon Organs: Neuroscience Update with Relevance to Stretching and Proprioception in Dancers

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Moore, Marjorie ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954657500     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X0701100304     Document Type: Review

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