The sway-density curve and the underlying postural stabilization process

Motor Control

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 292-311

  Jacono, Marco ^a   Casadio, Maura ^b   Morasso, Pietro G ^a,b   Sanguineti, Vittorio ^a,b  

^a Ospedale La Colletta   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankle stiffness; Anticipatory control; Postural parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINESIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE TONE; PLOTS AND CURVES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME; TORQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANKLE; HUMANS; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE;

EID: 15044347788     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.8.3.292     Document Type: Article

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