Passive tactile sensory input improves stability during standing

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 514-522

  Rogers, Mark W ^a   Wardman, Daniel L ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Posture control; Somatosensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TOUCH; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYELID CLOSURE; FALLING; FOAM; LEG; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SHOULDER; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STANDING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTURE; TOUCH; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035111379     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000615     Document Type: Article

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