Taekwondo training improves balance in volunteers over 40

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Van Dijk, G Pons ^a   Lenssen, A F ^a   Leffers, P ^b   Kingma, H ^a   Lodder, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDING; TAEKWONDO;

EID: 84883546787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00010     Document Type: Article

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