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Filtering by: Creator Mayfield, Edwin P. Jr. Resource Type Masters Thesis Subject Equilibrium (Physiology)

The relationship between balance and fundamental motor skills in children five to nine years of age

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Overlock, Jennifer Ann

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The ability to establish and maintain balance is claimed to be an important prerequisite of movement tasks. However, despite this general belief, there is limited empirical evidence to support the contribution of balance in motor skill performance. Furthermore, psychometric properties of using a computerized force platform to assess balance ability...

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Effect of leg muscle fatigue on the contributions of the somatosensory, visual, and vestibular systems to balance

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Korioukhina, Maia O.

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Objectives: To evaluate the effect of leg muscle fatigue on balance and to determine the contributions of the somatosensory, visual, and vestibular systems to balance of apparently healthy males and females. Design: Forty-two subjects were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control groups and then subdivided based on gender...

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variables. Results: Analysis of Composite Score demonstrated a significant Group x Test interaction (p