Scaling of plantarflexor muscle activity and postural time-to-contact in response to upper-body perturbations in young and older adults

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-427

  Hasson, Christopher J ^a   Caldwell, Graham E ^a   Van Emmerik, Richard E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Electromyography; Perturbation; Plantarflexor; Postural control; Time to contact

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TORQUE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649487929     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1865-7     Document Type: Article

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