Effect of increasing difficulty in standing balance tasks with visual feedback on postural sway and EMG: Complexity and performance

Human Movement Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1224-1237

  Barbado Murillo, David ^a   Sabido Solana, Rafael ^a   Vera Garcia, Francisco J ^a   Gusi Fuertes, Narcis ^b   Moreno, Francisco J ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptability; EMG; Fuzzy Entropy; Postural sway; Task difficulty; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORIENTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870248986     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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