Improvements in orientation and balancing abilities in response to one month of intensive slackline-training. A randomized controlled feasibility study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Dordevic, Milos ^a,b   Hökelmann, Anita ^b   Müller, Patrick ^a   Rehfeld, Kathrin ^b   Müller, Notger G ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Hippocampus; Orientation; Slackline training; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCING SKILL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOGGING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SLACKLINE-TRAINING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRAINING; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WALKING;

EID: 85014019357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00055     Document Type: Article

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