Responses to multi-directional surface translations involve redistribution of proximal versus distal strategies to maintain upright posture

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-417

  Jones, Stephanie L ^a,b   Henry, Sharon M ^a   Raasch, Christine C ^c   Hitt, Juvena R ^a   Bunn, Janice Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle strategy; Automatic postural response; Hip strategy; Joint torque; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDING; TORQUE; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 43449084618     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1312-1     Document Type: Article

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