Virtual Balancing for Studying and Training Postural Control

Postural control during free stance has been frequently interpreted in terms of balancing an inverted pendulum. This even holds, if subjects do not balance their own, but an external body weight. We introduce here a virtual balancing apparatus, which produces torque in the ankle joint as a function...

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Main Authors: Daniela Buettner, Daniela Dalin, Isabella K. Wiesmeier, Christoph Maurer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2017.00531/full