One-leg standing performance and muscle activity: Are there limb differences?

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-414

  Muehlbauer, Thomas ^a   Mettler, Claude ^b   Roth, Ralf ^b   Granacher, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Postural control; Sensory input; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; SOLS;

BALANCE PERFORMANCE; CENTER OF PRESSURE DISPLACEMENT; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; POSTURAL CONTROL; SENSORY CONDITIONS; SENSORY INPUT; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TASK DIFFICULTY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONE LEG STANDING; SENSORY STIMULATION; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; BODY POSTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907396859     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.2013-0230     Document Type: Article

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