Title :
Muscle activity at the ankle in response to center of mass shifts
Author :
Woloszko, Jean ; Jaeger, Robert J. ; Agarwal, Gyan C.
Author_Institution :
Pritzker Inst. of Med. Eng., IIT, Chicago, IL, USA
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Abstract :
The single-link inverted pendulum model of human posture has been used by many investigators. Human subjects restrained to behave as a single-link showed ankle muscle EMG activity different from EMG activity typically reported during high velocity ankle rotation. Cutaneous reflexes appeared to play more significant role than the short latency myotatic reflex. It was not possible to model stance observed in this study as a single-variable control system.
Keywords :
electromyography; ankle muscle EMG activity; cutaneous reflex; high velocity ankle rotation; human posture; single-link inverted pendulum model; single-variable control system; Electromyography;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761871
