To freeze or not to freeze? Affective and cognitive perturbations have markedly different effects on postural control

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-202

  Stins, John F ^a   Roerdink, Melvyn ^a   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional investment; Center of pressure regularity; Electromyography; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; STABILOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955115960     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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