Model-based assessments of the effects of age and ankle fatigue on the control of upright posture in humans

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 518-522

  Qu, Xingda ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^b   Madigan, Michael L ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Ankle fatigue; Balance; Model based simulation; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; STANDING;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANKLE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 70349253889     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.127     Document Type: Article

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