Age-dependent variations in the directional sensitivity of balance corrections and compensatory arm movements in man

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 542, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 643-663

  Allum, J H J ^a,d   Carpenter, M G ^a,b   Honegger, F ^a   Adkin, A L ^a,b   Bloem, B R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HNO Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER LEG; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRUNK; ARM; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; ROTATION;

EID: 0037101541     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.015644     Document Type: Article

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