Effects of Kinesthetic versus Visual Imagery Practice on Two Technical Dance Movements: A Pilot Study

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-38

  Coker Girón, Elizabeth ^a   Mclsaac, Tara ^a   Nilsen, Dawn ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DANCING; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION;

BIOMECHANICS; DANCING; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIS; MOVEMENT; PELVIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868359958     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X1201600105     Document Type: Article

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