Assessment of postural stress among inmates of old age home in India

Anthropologist

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Kashyap, S N ^a  

^a RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gross spinal flexion; Shoulder external internal rotation; Total range of motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952268969     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2011.11891176     Document Type: Article

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