Corrective postural responses evoked by completely unexpected loss of ground support during human walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-487

  Shinya, Masahiro ^a,b   Fujii, Shinya ^a,b   Oda, Shingo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electromyography; Human walking; Loss of ground support; Muscle response; Unexpected perturbation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449094158     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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