Inter-individual variability in sensory weighting of a plantar pressure-based, tongue-placed tactile biofeedback for controlling posture

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-177

  Vuillerme, Nicolas ^a   Chenu, Olivier ^a   Pinsault, Nicolas ^a   Boisgontier, Matthieu ^a   Demongeot, Jacques ^a   Payan, Yohan ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Balance; Biofeedback; Centre of foot pressure; Inter individual variability; Plantar pressure; Sensory weighting; Tongue Display Unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STANDING; TONGUE; TOUCH;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; TONGUE; TOUCH;

EID: 34250174162     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.03.076     Document Type: Article

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