Can muscle stiffness alone stabilize upright standing?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1622-1626

  Morasso, Pietro G ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FOOT; HUMAN; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN RECEPTOR; STANDING;

EID: 0032845697     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1622     Document Type: Article

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