What triggers the continuous muscle activity during upright standing?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-77

  Masani, Kei ^a,b   Sayenko, Dimitry G ^a   Vette, Albert H ^a,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous sensation; Joint torque; Posture; Sensory system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; SENSATION; TORQUE;

EID: 84870292602     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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