The influence of artificially increased hip and trunk stiffness on balance control in man

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 472-485

  Gruueberg C ^a,b   Bloem, B R ^b   Honegger, F ^a   Allum, J H J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University ORL Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificially increased stiffness; Balance control; Biomechanical responses; Hip and trunk stiffness; Lightweight corsets; Roll and pitch rotations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORSET; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEG; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PLIABILITY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 4043070214     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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