Attributes of quiet stance in the chronic spinal cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3056-3065

  Fung, Joyce ^a,b   Macpherson, Jane M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORCE; GEOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIGIDITY; SPINAL ANIMAL; SPINAL REFLEX; STANDING;

EID: 0033394914     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3056     Document Type: Article

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