Body segments decoupling in sitting: Control of body posture from automatic chair adjustments

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3419-3425

  van Geffen, Paul ^a   Molier, Birgit I ^b   Reenalda, Jasper ^b   Veltink, Peter H ^a   Koopman, Bart F J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body segments; Pelvis; Posture control; Sitting posture; Wheelchair intervention

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; SENSORS;

ANGLE ADJUSTMENTS; BODY POSTURES; BODY SEGMENTS; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; INERTIA SENSORS; MOTION CAPTURING; ON BODIES; PELVIS; POSTURE CONTROL; POSTURE CONTROLS; PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SITTING POSTURE;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SITTING; THIGH; TRUNK; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; ROBOTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549105145     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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