The effect of short-term changes in body mass distribution on feed-forward postural control

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 931-941

  Li, Xiaoyan ^b   Aruin, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory postural adjustments; Backpack; Body mass; Center of mass; Human; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE;

EID: 68949175233     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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