Perceived Horizontal Body Position in Healthy and Paraplegic Subjects: Effect of Centrifugation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2973-2977

  Jarchow, T ^a   Wirz, M ^b   Haslwanter, T ^c   Dietz, V ^b   Straumann, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PARAPLEGIA; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; CENTRIFUGATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0242509058     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01129.2002     Document Type: Article

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