Modular organization of balance control following perturbations during walking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1895-1906

  Oliveira, Anderson Souza Castelo ^a,b   Gizzi, Leonardo ^c,d   Kersting, Uwe Gustav ^a   Farina, Dario ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; EMG; Gait; Synergies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 84867171452     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00217.2012     Document Type: Article

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