Neuromusculoskeletal torque-generation process has a large destabilizing effect on the control mechanism of quiet standing

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1465-1475

  Masani, Kei ^a,b   Vette, Albert H ^a,b   Kawashima, Noritaka ^a,b,c   Popovic, Milos R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 57349109925     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00801.2007     Document Type: Article

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