Is voluntary control of natural postural sway possible?

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Danna Dos Santos, Alessander ^a   Degani, Adriana Menezes ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Posture; Rambling; Reference configuration hypothesis; Sway; Trembling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LASER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; VOLITION;

EID: 43249105073     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.40.3.179-185     Document Type: Article

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