Ratio of shear to load ground-reaction force may underlie the directional tuning of the automatic postural response to rotation and translation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 808-823

  Ting, Lena H ^a,b   Macpherson, Jane M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 3142660269     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00773.2003     Document Type: Article

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