Coping with disturbances

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 971-983

  Blickhan, Reinhard ^a   Ernst, Michael ^a   Koch, Markus ^a   Müller, Roy ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance; Posture; Running; Uneven ground

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COPING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; RUNNING; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STANDING; TENDON; WALKING; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPLIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RUNNING; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84889593854     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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