Factors underlying the perturbation resistance of the trunk in the first part of a lifting movement

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-62

  Van Der Burg, J C E ^a   Casius, L J R ^a   Kingma, I ^a   Van Dieen J H ^a   Van Soest, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forward simulation; Lifting; Muscle dynamics; Perturbations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

FORWARD SIMULATION; LIFTING; MUSCLE DYNAMICS; TRUNK MOVEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIFTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23044504515     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-005-0583-x     Document Type: Article

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