Is perception of upper body orientation based on the inertia tensor? Normogravity versus microgravity conditions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-477

  Gueguen, N ^a   Coyle, T ^a   Craig, C ^a   Bootsma, R ^a   Mouchnino, L ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Inertia tensor; Intersegmental coordination; Microgravity; Upper body orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRUNK; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 3042511648     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1808-7     Document Type: Article

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