Human standing and walking: Comparison of the effects of stimulation of the vestibular system

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-166

  Iles, John F ^a   Baderin, Richard ^a   Tanner, Rachel ^a   Simon, Ariel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Locomotion; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; WALKING;

EID: 33947314474     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0721-2     Document Type: Article

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