Does proprioception contribute to the sense of verticality?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-552

  Barbieri, Guillaume ^a,c   Gissot, Anne Sophie ^b   Fouque, Florent ^a,c   Casillas, Jean Marie ^a,c   Pozzo, Thierry ^a,c   Pérennou, Dominic ^b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Body orientation; Postural control; Subjective vertical; Verticality; Vibration induced falling

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSE ORGAN; TILTING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 43149106004     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1177-8     Document Type: Article

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