Comparison of three methods to estimate the center of mass during balance assessment

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1421-1426

  Lafond, D ^a   Duarte, M ^b   Prince, F ^a,c  

^a Centre de Réadaptation Marie Enfant Recherche   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF MASS (COM); CENTER OF PRESSURE (COP); ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; OSCILLATIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MASS; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3242703251     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00251-3     Document Type: Article

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