Motor mechanisms of balance during quiet standing

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-56

  Winter, David A ^a   Patla, Aftab E ^a   Ishac, Milad ^a   Gage, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Biomechanical models; Measurements; Mechanisms; Quiet standing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FORCE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB; LITERATURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SAFETY; STANDING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; ANKLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PRESSURE;

EID: 0037290803     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(02)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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