Sex differences in young gymnasts' postural steadiness

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 319-328

  Milosis, Dimitrios C ^a   Siatras, Theophanis A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84861370949     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/05.25.27.PMS.114.1.319-328     Document Type: Article

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