The effect of yoga practice on proprioception in congenitally blind students

British Journal of Visual Impairment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-135

  Mohanty, Soubhagyalaxmi ^a   Pradhan, Balaram ^a   Nagathna, R ^a  

^a Union Territory   (India)

Author keywords

Proprioception; Visual impairment; Yoga practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905038700     PISSN: 02646196     EISSN: 17445809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264619614522132     Document Type: Article

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