The role of plantar cutaneous sensation in unperturbed stance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 505-512

  Meyer, Peter F ^b,c   Oddsson, Lars I E ^a   De Luca, Carlo J ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Foot; Fractal brownian motion; Posture; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SOLE; FORCE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SKIN; TOUCH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3042607993     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1804-y     Document Type: Article

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