Balancing on a slackline: 8-year-olds vs. adults

Children are less stable than adults during static upright stance. We investigated whether the same holds true for a task that was novel for both children and adults and highly dynamic: single-legged stance on a slackline. We compared 8 year olds with young adults and assessed the following outcome...

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Main Authors: Andrea Melanie Schärli, Melanie eKeller, Silvio eLorenzetti, Kurt eMurer, Rolf evan de Langenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00208/full