Effects of changing the initial horizontal location of the center of mass on the anticipatory postural adjustments and task performance associated with step initiation

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-531

  Azuma, Takashi ^a   Ito, Taro ^b   Yamashita, Noriyoshi ^c  

^a International Buddhist University   (Japan)

^b Osaka Aoyama University   (Japan)

^c Institute of Movement Science Neyagawa   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticipatory postural adjustments; Center of mass; Performance; Single step forward; Step time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CENTER OF MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS; MEASUREMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 34548750924     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.11.203     Document Type: Article

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