How a plantar pressure-based, tongue-placed tactile biofeedback modifies postural control mechanisms during quiet standing

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-554

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

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Balance; Biofeedback; Centre of foot pressure; Centre of gravity; Plantar pressure; Stabilogram diffusion analysis; Tongue Display Unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GRAVITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 34547131555     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0953-9     Document Type: Article

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