Dynamic Postural Control in Children: Do the Arms Lend the Legs a Helping Hand?

There is growing empirical evidence lending support to the existence of an “upper body strategy” to extend the ankle and hip strategies in maintaining upright postural stability among adults. Both postural stability and arm movement functions are still developing in children. Therefore, enquiry conc...

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Main Authors: Mathew W. Hill, Maximilian M. Wdowski, Adam Pennell, David F. Stodden, Michael J. Duncan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01932/full