Postural reactions following forward platform perturbation in young, middle-age, and old adults

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-700

  de Freitas, Paulo B ^a   Knight, Christopher A ^b   Barela, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance perturbation; EMG; Kinematics; Moving platform; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 77952950981     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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