Can balance training promote balance and strength in prepubertal children?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1759-1766

  Granacher, Urs ^a,b   Muehlbauer, Thomas ^a   Maestrini, Lea ^a   Zahner, Lukas ^a   Gollhofer, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jumping height; Postural sway; Rate of force development; Sensorimotor training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POSTURAL BALANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 79960080829     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181da7886     Document Type: Article

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