The body configuration at step contact critically determines the successfulness of balance recovery in response to large backward perturbations

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-466

  Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,b   Laing, Andrew C ^c   Robinovitch, Stephen N ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Postural perturbation; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ODDS RATIO; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; VIBRATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858000889     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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