Human balancing of an inverted pendulum with a compliant linkage: Neural control by anticipatory intermittent bias

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 357-370

  Lakie, Martin ^a   Caplan, Nicholas ^a   Loram, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; ANTICIPATORY INTERMITTENT BIAS; COGNITIVE BIAS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENERAL DEVICE; INVERTED PENDULUM; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANKLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0042780277     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.036939     Document Type: Article

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