Simultaneous measurement of body center of pressure and center of gravity during upright stance. Part I: Methods

Gait and Posture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Hasan, Samer S ^a   Robin, Deborah W ^b   Szurkus, Dennis C ^a   Ashmead, Daniel H ^c   Peterson, Steven W ^a   Shiavi, Richard G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance measures; Center of gravity; Center of pressure; Posture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FORCE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOINT; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STANDING;

EID: 0029924165     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0966-6362(95)01030-0     Document Type: Article

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