Sensitivity of body sway parameters during quiet standing to manipulation of support surface size

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 431-438

  Nejc, Sarabon ^a,b   Jernej, Rosker ^c   Loefler, Stefan ^a   Kern, Helmut ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^c Prevention and Rehabilitation Sports Centre   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Balance; Body sway; Center of pressure; Feet positioning; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958055320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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