The variability and complexity of sitting postural control are associated with discomfort

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1997-2001

  Søndergaard, Karen H E ^a   Olesen, Christian G ^a,b   Søndergaard, Eva K ^a   de Zee, Mark ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a Center for Sensory Motor Interaction (SMI)   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complexity; Discomfort; Postural control; Sitting posture; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BODY PARTS; CENTER OF PRESSURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; IN-DEGREE; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; MEAN VALUES; POSTURAL CONTROL; PROLONGED SITTING; SAMPLE ENTROPY; SEATED POSTURE; SITTING POSTURE; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CONTROL; ENTROPY; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EXTRACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE;

EID: 77954144996     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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