Footedness exploited as a function of postural task asymmetry

Laterality

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-318

  Wang, Zheng ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure; Footedness; Postural control; Task asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84877298975     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2012.672423     Document Type: Article

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