Anticipatory and Reactive Mechanisms of Postural Control in Children and Adolescents

Maintaining postural control in standing requires the center of mass (COM) to be kept within the boundaries of the base of support (BOS). As the COM moves to a region outside the BOS, a step is often required, increasing the risk of falling, and therefore injury. All too often, humans are subjected...

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Main Author: Mills, Richard
Other Authors: Sveistrup, Heidi
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37923
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-22181