Balancing with vibration: a prelude for "drift and act" balance control.

Balancing with vibration: a prelude for "drift and act" balance control.

Stick balancing at the fingertip is a powerful paradigm for the study of the control of human balance. Here we show that the mean stick balancing time is increased by about two-fold when a subject stands on a vibrating platform that produces vertical vibrations at the fingertip (0.001 m, 15-50 Hz)....

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Main Authors: John G Milton, Toru Ohira, Juan Luis Cabrera, Ryan M Fraiser, Janelle B Gyorffy, Ferrin K Ruiz, Meredith A Strauss, Elizabeth C Balch, Pedro J Marin, Jeffrey L Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2759542?pdf=render

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