Impaired balance control in paraplegic subjects

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-160

  Seelen, H A M ^a   Potten, Y J M ^a,b   Huson, A ^b   Spaans, F ^c   Reulen, J P H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Centre of pressure; Motor control; Movement analysis; Paraplegia; Posture; Posturography; Sitting; Spinal cord injury; Surface EMg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STABILOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030739559     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(97)88884-0     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Andersson GBJ: Biomechanical aspects of sitting: an application to VDT terminals. In: Behavior and Information Technology, Taylor and Francis, London, pp 257-269, 1987.
2. Andersson GBJ: Loads on the spine during sitting. In: The Ergonomics of Working Postures, ed by Corlett N, Wilson J, Manenica T, Taylor and Francis, London, pp 309-318, 1986.
3. Andersson BJG, Jonsson B, Örtengren R: Myoelectric activity in individual erector spinae muscles in sitting. A study with surface and wire electrodes. Scand J Rehabil Med (Suppl) 3:91-108, 1974.
4. Andersson BJG, Örtengren R: Myoelectric back muscle activity during sitting. Scand J Rehabil Med (Suppl) 3:73-90, 1974.
5. Andersson BJG, Winters JM: Role of muscle in postural tasks: spinal loading and postural stability. In: Multiple Muscle Systems, ed by Winters JM, Woo SLY, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 377-395, 1990.
6. Bach-Y-Rita P: Theory-based neurorehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 70:162, 1989.
7. Chari VR, Kirby RL: Lower limb influence on sitting balance while reaching forward. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 67:730-733, 1986.
8. Do MC, Bouisset S, Moynot C: Are paraplegics handicapped in the execution of a manual task? Ergonomics 28:1363-1375, 1985.
9. Maki BE, Holliday PJ, Fernie GR: A postural control model and balance test for the prediction of relative postural stability. IEEE Biomed 34:797-810, 1987.
10. Massion J: Movement, posture and equilibrium: interaction and coordination. Prog Neurobiol 38:35-56, 1992.
11. Massion J, Dufossé M: Coordination between posture and movement: why and how? NIPS 3:88-93, 1988.
12. Moore S, Brunt D: Effects of trunk support and target distance on postural adjustment prior to a rapid reaching task by seated subjects. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 72:638-641, 1991.
13. Press WH, Flannery BP, Teukolsky SA, Vetterling WT: Numerical Recipes in C. The Art of Scientific Computing, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 516, 1988.
14. Sandin KJ, Smith BS: The measure of balance in sitting in stroke rehabilitation prognosis. Stroke 21:82-86, 1990.
15. Schobert H: Orthopädie des Sitzens, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1989.
16. Seelen HAM, Vuurman EPFM: Compensatory muscle activity for sitting posture during upper extremity task performance in paraplegic persons. Scand J Rehabil Med 23:89-96, 1991.
17. Seelen HAM: Reorganisation of postural control in spinal cord injury. In: Proceedings Clinical Biomechanics, XIVth I.S.B. Congress, Paris, pp 1220-1221, 1993.
18. Soderberg GL, Blanco MK, Cosentino TL, Kurdelmeier KA: An EMG analysis of posterior trunk musculature during flat and anteriorly inclined sitting. Human Factors 28:483-491, 1986.
19. Winter DA: Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, pp. 93-96, 1990.
20. Zacharkow D: Wheelchair Posture and Pressure Sores, Charles C Thomas Publishers, Springfield, Illinois, 1984.