Postural control adjustments during progressive inclination of the support surface in children

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1019-1023

  Blanchet, Mariève ^a   Marchand, Denis ^a   Cadoret, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Corrective torque; Electromyograms; Posture

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CHILDREN; DAILY LIVES; ELECTROMYOGRAMS; GASTROCNEMIUS; MUSCULAR ACTIVITIES; POSTURAL CONTROL; POSTURE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; UPRIGHT POSITION; VERTICAL FORCE; VISUAL CUES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; GRAVITATION;

TORQUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864554210     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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