Direct measurement of ankle stiffness during quiet standing: Implications for control modelling and clinical application

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 410-424

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale La Colletta   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankle stiffness; Force platform; Posture; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TORQUE;

EID: 17444383661     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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