Postural control in young and elderly adults when stance is perturbed: Dynamics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-329

  Gu, Mian Ju ^a   Schultz, Albert B ^a,c   Shepard, Neil T ^a   Alexander, Neil B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Dynamics; Movement; Postural control

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; TORQUE;

CENTER OF MASS EXCURSIONS; CENTER OF SUPPORT SURFACE REACTION EXCURSIONS; POSTURAL CONTROL;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; MALE; MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENESCENCE; STANDING; TORQUE;

EID: 0030111406     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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