Human balancing of an inverted pendulum: Position control by small, ballistic-like, throw and catch movements

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 540, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1111-1124

  Loram, Ian D ^a   Lakie, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMODULATION;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 0036588349     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013077     Document Type: Article

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