Augmenting the body with artificial limbs controlled concurrently to one's natural limbs has
long appeared in science fiction, but recent technological and neuroscientific advances …

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 …

This book presents the recently introduced and already widely referred semi-discretization
method for the stability analysis of delayed dynamical systems. Delay differential equations …

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 …

The paradigm of continuous control using internal models has advanced understanding of
human motor control. However, this paradigm ignores some aspects of human control …

Non‐technical summary Homeostasis, the physiological control of variables such as body
position, is founded on negative feedback mechanisms. The default understanding …

Human upright posture, as a mechanical system, is characterized by an instability of saddle
type, involving both stable and unstable dynamic modes. The brain stabilizes such system …

This perspective article provides a brief review of our understanding of how center of
pressure (CoP) and center of mass (CoM) are traditionally utilized to measure quiet standing …

Key points Although the natural decline in walking performance with ageing affects the
quality of life of a growing elderly population, its physiological origins remain unknown. By …

The time course of the center of pressure (CoP) during human quiet standing, corresponding
to body sway, is a stochastic process, influenced by a variety of features of the underlying …