Haptic touch reduces sway by increasing axial tone

Neuroscience

Volumn 174, Issue , 2011, Pages 216-223

  Franzen E ^a,b   Gurfinkel, V S ^c   Wright, W G ^a,d   Cordo, P J ^c   Horak, F B ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of pressure; Light touch; Postural stability; Postural tone; Stance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEAVY TOUCH; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT TOUCH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; POSTURAL AXIAL TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; TORQUE; TOUCH;

EID: 78650926989     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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