Modeling sensorimotor control of human upright stance

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 165, Issue , 2007, Pages 283-297

  Mergner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

human; model; posture; robot; sensor fusion; sensorimotor control; top down approach

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; STANDING; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 34848858201     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)65018-8     Document Type: Review

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