The role of plantar cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the control of compensatory stepping reactions evoked by unpredictable, multi-directional perturbation

Brain Research

Volumn 877, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 401-406

  Perry, Stephen D ^a,b   McIlroy, William E ^a,c   Maki, Brian E ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mechanoreceptors; Foot; Human; Postural balance; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FOOT SOLE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN RECEPTOR; SKIN SENSATION; WALKING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; BIOMECHANICS; COLD; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; POSTURE; PRESSURE; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034703431     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02712-8     Document Type: Article

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