Stiffness and Damping in Postural Control Increase With Age

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-275

  Cenciarini, Massimo ^a   Loughlin, Patrick J ^b   Sparto, Patrick J ^b   Redfern, Mark S ^b  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; balance; modeling; postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE;

EID: 77950357689     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2031874     Document Type: Article

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