Shifting the balance: Evidence of an exploratory role for postural sway

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 196-204

  Carpenter, M G ^a   Murnaghan, C D ^a   Inglis, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Kinetics; Neural control; Posture; Sensori motor; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957867006     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.08.030     Document Type: Article

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