Intermittent control with ankle, hip, and mixed strategies during quiet standing: A theoretical proposal based on a double inverted pendulum model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 310, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-79

  Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^a   Nomura, Taishin ^a   Casadio, Maura ^b   Morasso, Pietro ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discontinuous control; Hip strategy; Intermittent control; Motor coordination; Posture control

Indexed keywords

MODELING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIP; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; TORQUE;

EID: 84863509252     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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