Modelling human balance using switched systems with linear feedback control

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 67, 2012, Pages 234-245

  Kowalczyk, Piotr ^a   Glendinning, Paul ^b   Brown, Martin ^b   Medrano Cerda, Gustavo ^c   Dallali, Houman ^b   Shapiro, Jonathan ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Human balance; Switched systems

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PENDULUMS;

HEALTHY HUMANS; HOMOCLINIC BIFURCATIONS; HUMAN BALANCE; HUMAN BODIES; INVERTED PENDULUM; LIMIT CYCLE; LINEAR FEEDBACK CONTROL; PARAMETER SPACES; PERIODIC MOTION; SWAY MOTION; SWITCHED SYSTEM; SWITCHED SYSTEMS; UPRIGHT POSITION;

SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROL SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; STANDING;

EID: 84863407894     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0212     Document Type: Article

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