Introduction It is well established that obesity is associated with deterioration in postural
control that may reduce obese adults' autonomy and increase risks of falls. However …

Abstract Muehlbauer, T, Gollhofer, A, and Granacher, U. Relationship between measures of
balance and strength in middle-aged adults. J Strength Cond Res 26 (9): 2401–2407, 2012 …

Quiet standing balance and postural control are often assessed by drawing information from
center of pressure (COP) data collected with a force platform. Efforts to better understand the …

The center of pressure (COP) measures are most commonly used in postural studies (eg,
COP range, sway path length and mean COP velocity). Relatively new method based on the …

Outdoor fallers differ from indoor fallers substantially in demographics, lifestyle, health
condition and physical function. Biomechanical predictors of outdoor falls have not been …

We propose a new metric to assess robustness of the human postural control system to an
impulsive perturbation (in this case, a mild backward impulse force at the pelvis). By …

Background and aims: Complex interactions between visual, vestibular and somatosensory
information and the cerebellar system are involved in the maintenance of upright posture …

We present a method of modeling the basin of attraction as a three-dimensional function
describing a two-dimensional manifold on which the dynamics of the system evolves from …

Background Excessive body weight is associated with gait alterations. In none of previous
studies, body fat distribution has been considered as a factor that could change gait …

The statistical properties of the center of pressure (COP) change over time, and-invariant
methods of the COP analysis is not sufficient to monitor the changes. Therefore, dynamic …