Balance responses to lateral perturbations in human treadmill walking

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2655-2664

  Hof, A L ^a,b   Vermerris, S M ^a   Gjaltema, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Inverted pendulum model; Locomotion; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TIME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77954859453     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042572     Document Type: Article

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