Independent Walking as a Major Skill for the Development of Anticipatory Postural Control: Evidence from Adjustments to Predictable Perturbations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cignetti, Fabien ^a,b,c   Zedka, Milan ^d   Vaugoyeau, Marianne ^a,b,c   Assaiante, Christine ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Aix Marseille University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL CONTROL; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT WALKING; INFANT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECK MUSCLE; ROTATION; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873572011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056313     Document Type: Article

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