Prospective dynamic balance control during the swing phase of walking: Stability boundaries and time-to-contact analysis

Human Movement Science

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-245

  Remelius, J G ^a   Hamill, J ^a   van Emmerik, R E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Obstacle crossing; Stability boundaries; Tau coupling; Time to contact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; HEAD; LEG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HEAD; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907145831     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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