Balance ability and athletic performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-232

  Hrysomallis, Con ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 79952077168     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11538560-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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