Determination of instantaneous stability against backward balance loss: Two computational approaches

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1818-1822

  Yang, Feng ^a   Passariello, Fausto ^d   Pai, Yi Chung ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^d Centro Diagnostico Aquarius   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Motor training; Robotic control; Stability assessment

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; ROBOTICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FALL PREVENTION; MOTOR TRAINING; ROBOTIC CONTROL; SPLINE FUNCTIONS; STABILITY ASSESSMENT;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DATA BASE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; INSTANTANEOUS STABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SITTING; STANDING; TIME; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 43549121440     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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