Taekwondo training speeds up the development of balance and sensory functions in young adolescents

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-68

  Fong, Shirley S M ^a   Fu, Siu ngor ^a   Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Martial arts; Maturation; Postural control; Sensory organization; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPORT; TAEKWONDO TRAINING; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84855186595     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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