Surface height effects on postural control: A hypothesis for a stiffness strategy for stance

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-286

  Carpenter, Mark G ^a   Frank, James S ^a   Silcher, Cathy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure; Fear of falling; Height; Postural control; Vestibular; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANKLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; VESTIBULE; VISION;

EID: 0032767316     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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