Dynamics of the human head-neck system in the horizontal plane: Joint properties with respect to a static torque

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 606-620

  Tangorra, James L ^a   Jones, Lynette A ^a   Hunter, Ian W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Helmet; Impulse response; Stochastic; System identification; Vestibular; VOR

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DAMPING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

HELMET; HUMAN HEAD NECK SYSTEM; STATIC TORQUE; VESTIBULAR; VESTIBULAR OCULAR REFLEX;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BODY POSTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEAD; HELMET; HOMEOSTASIS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NECK; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; STIMULATION; TORQUE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; HEAD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOMEOSTASIS; MOVEMENT; NECK; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0037529128     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1566772     Document Type: Article

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