Gait analysis using wearable sensors is an inexpensive, convenient, and efficient manner of
providing useful information for multiple health-related applications. As a clinical tool applied …

Background: The maintenance of balance and body orientation in humans is guaranteed by
the adequate functioning of the postural control system. The investigation of this control has …

Over the past 20 years, the center of pressure (COP) has been commonly used as an index
of postural stability in standing. While many studies investigated COP excursions in low back …

In the study of balance and postural control the (Single) Inverted Pendulum model (SIP) has
been taken for a long time as an acceptable paradigm, with the implicit assumption that only …

CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO: A manutenção do equilíbrio e da orientação corporal em humanos
é garantida pelo adequado funcionamento do sistema de controle postural. A investigação …

For most individuals, balancing upright is a simple task that requires little effort. The inherent
difficulties associated with standing balance are not revealed until a pathology or injury …

Human joint impedance is the dynamic relationship between the differential change in the
position of a perturbed joint and the corresponding response torque; it is a fundamental …

The main purpose of this study is to compare two different feedback controllers for the
stabilization of quiet standing in humans, taking into account that the intrinsic ankle stiffness …

The human ankle joint plays a critical role during walking and understanding the
biomechanical factors that govern ankle behavior and provides fundamental insight into …

It has been widely assumed for nearly a century, that postural muscles operate in a spring‐
like manner and that muscle length signals joint angle (the mechano‐reflex mechanism) …