Pelvis perturbations in various directions while standing in staggered stance elicit concurrent responses in both the sagittal and frontal plane.

ABSTRACT: Increasing knowledge on human balance recovery strategies is important for the development of balance assistance strategies using assistive devices like a powered lower-limb exoskeleton. One of the postures which is relevant for this scenario, but underexposed in research, is staggered stance, a posture with one foot in front. We therefore aimed to gain a better understanding of balance recovery in staggered stance. We studied balance responses at joint- and muscle levels to pelvis perturbations in various directions while standing in this posture. Ten healthy individuals participated in this study. We used one actuator beside and one behind the participant to apply 150 ms perturbations in mediolateral (ML), anteroposterior (AP) and diagonal directions, with a magnitude of 3, 6, 9 and 12%

SUBMITTER: van Mierlo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10096271 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature