Age-related changes in posture response under a continuous and unexpected perturbation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 482-490

  Tsai, Yi Ching ^a   Hsieh, Lin Fen ^b   Yang, Saiwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance control; Falls; Perturbation; Posture responses

Indexed keywords

BALANCE CONTROL; COMPENSATORY STRATEGY; DYNAMIC POSTUROGRAPHY; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; FALLS; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; PERTURBATION; POSTURE RESPONSES;

AGING OF MATERIALS; RECOVERY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; BALANCE CONTROL; FALLS; PERTURBATION; POSTURE RESPONSES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891784505     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.10.047     Document Type: Article

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