The effect of the forward head posture on postural balance in long time computer based worker

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-104

  Kang, Jung Ho ^a   Park, Rae Young ^a   Lee, Su Jin ^a   Kim, Ja Young ^a   Yoon, Seo Ra ^a   Jung, Kwang Ik ^a  

^a Gwangju Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Center of gravity; Postural balance; Turtle neck

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861981274     PISSN: 22340645     EISSN: 22340653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5535/arm.2012.36.1.98     Document Type: Article

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