Thresholds for inducing protective stepping responses to external perturbations of human standing

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 666-674

  Mille, M L ^a   Rogers, M W ^a   Martinez, K ^a   Hedman, L D ^a   Johnson, M E ^a   Lord, S R ^b   Fitzpatrick, R C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; FALLING; FEMALE; FORWARD LIMIT THRESHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF HELP; SELF PROTECTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STANDING; STEPPING; THRESHOLD BOUNDARY; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0042817935     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00974.2002     Document Type: Article

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