Supervised slackline training improves postural stability

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-57

  Pfusterschmied, Jürgen ^a   Buchecker, Michael ^a   Keller, Martin ^b   Wagner, Herbert ^a   Taube, Wolfgang ^b   Müller, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D kinematics; balance; stable and perturbed surfaces; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871142211     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2011.583991     Document Type: Article

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