The effect on human balance of standing with toe-extension

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ku, Pei Xuan ^a   Abu Osman, Noor Azuan ^a   Yusof, Ashril ^a   Abas, Wan Abu Bakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; TOES;

EID: 84864691254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041539     Document Type: Article

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