Backward walking training improves balance in school-aged boys

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hao, Wei Ya ^a   Chen, Yan ^a,b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCE   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Institute of Sports Science   (China)

Author keywords

Backward walking; Gait; Kinematics; Male children; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKWARD WALKING; BIODEX STABILITY SYSTEM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORWARD WALKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84862944807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2555-3-24     Document Type: Article

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