Responses of the trunk to multidirectional perturbations during unsupported sitting in normal adults

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-340

  Thrasher, T Adam ^a   Sin, Vivian W ^b,c   Masani, Kei ^b,c   Vette, Albert H ^b,c   Craven, B Cathy ^c   Popovic, Milos R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Force perturbation; Kinematic response; Sitting stability; Trunk stiffness

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; NEURAL PROSTHESES; NEUROSURGERY; STIFFNESS;

ARTIFICIAL CONTROL; DIAGONAL PERTURBATION; FORCE PERTURBATION; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; KINEMATIC RESPONSE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); STEADY STATE ERRORS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; THORAX;

EID: 77956584649     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.26.3.332     Document Type: Article

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