The role of the neck and trunk in facilitating head stability during walking

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-463

  Kavanagh, Justin ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a   Morrison, Steven ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; GAIT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NECK; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 33745587042     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0353-6     Document Type: Article

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