Does the centre of mass remain stable during complex human postural equilibrium tasks in weightlessness?

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 43, Issue 3-6, 1998, Pages 163-179

  Stapley, Paul ^a   Pozzo, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Centre of mass; Movement; Posture; Weightlessness; Whole body reaching

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; LONG DURATION; MALE; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT DURATION; SOYUZ PROJECT; SOYUZ TM17 PROJECT; SPACE FLIGHT; TORQUE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; SOYUZ PROJECT; SOYUZ TM17 PROJECT;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANKLE JOINT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SPACE FLIGHT; TORQUE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0032130587     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(98)00152-0     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bouisset S, Zattara M (1981). A sequence of postural movements precedes voluntary movement. Neuroscience Letters 22, 263-270.
2. Clément G, Gurfinkel VS, Lestienne F, Lipshits MI, Popov KE. (1984). Adaptation of postural control to weightlessness. Experimental Brain Research 57, 61-72.
3. Crenna P, Frigo C, Massion J, Pedotti A (1987). Forward and backward axial synergies in man. Experimental Brain Research. 65, 538-548.
4. Droulez J, Berthoz A (1986). Servo-controlled (conservative) versus topological (projective) modes of sensory motor control. In: Bles W, Brandt T (eds) Disorders of posture and gait. Elsevier Amsterdam, pp 83-97.
5. Gurfinkel VS, Lipshits MI, Mori S, Popov KE. (1976). Postural reactions to the controlled sinusodial displacement of the supporting platform. Agressologie, 17, B: 71-76.
6. Gurfinkel VS, Lipshits MI, Popov KE. (1981). Stabilisation of body position as the main task of postural regulation. Fiziologya Cheloveka, 7, (3), 400-410.
7. Lacquaniti F, Maioli C, Fava E (1984). Cat posture on a tilted platform. Experimental Brain Research 57, 82-88.
8. Lepers R, Brenière Y. (1995). The role of anticipatory postural adjustments and gravity in gait initiation. Experimental Brain Research 107, 118-124.
9. Lestienne FG, Gurfinkel VS. (1988). Postural control in weightlessness : a dual process underlying adaptation to an unusual environment. Trends in Neuroscience 11 (8), 539-363.
10. Mouchnino L, Aurenty R, Massion J, Pedotti A (1992). Co-ordination between equilibrium and head-trunk orientation during leg movement: a new strategy built up by training. J Neurophysiology 67, (6), 1587-1598.
11. Mouchnino L, Cincera M, Fabre JC, Assiante C, Amblard B, Pedotti A, Massion J. (1996). Is the regulation of the center of mass maintained during leg movement under microgravity conditions? Journal of Neurophysiology 76 (2), 1212-1223.
12. Massion J, Gurfinkel V, Lipshits M, Obadia A, Popov K. (1993). Axial synergies under microgravity conditions. Journal of Vestibular Research 3, 275-287.
13. Massion J, Fabre JC, Mouchnino L, Obadia A. (1995). Body orientation and regulation of the center of gravity during movement under water. Journal of Vestibular Research 5, (3), 211-221.
14. Pozzo T, Berthoz A, Lefort L (1990). Head stabilisation during various locomotor tasks in humans I. Normal subjects. Experimental Brain Research 82, 97-106.
15. Pozzo T, Berthoz A, Popov K. (1995). Effect of weightlessness on posture and movement control during a whole body reaching task. Acta Astronautica 36 (8-12), 727-732.
16. Stapley P, Pozzo T, Grishin A. (1998). The role of anticipatory postural adjustments during whole body reaching in man. NeuroReport (in press).
17. Stapley, P., Pozzo, T., Grishin, A., Papaxanthis, C. (1996). Anticipatory postural activity preceding whole body reaching : evidence for it's role as a movement initiator, 2nd meeting of ENA, Strasbourg 24-28 September, European Meeting of Neuroscience, suppl. n° 9, 77.06.
18. Winter DA. (1990). Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement. 3rd Edition. New York, Wiley