A closed-loop stepper motor waist-pull system for inducing protective stepping in humans

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-381

  Pidcoe, Peter E ^a   Rogers, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Posture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTING;

CLOSED LOOP STEPPER MOTOR WAIST PULL SYSTEM; POSTURE;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FALLING; FORCE; HUMAN; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 0032053019     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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