Simplifying the complexities of maintaining balance.

Simplifying the complexities of maintaining balance.

Insights are provided by simple closed-loop models of human postural control. In developing a quantitative model to help us understand the postural control system, one might be tempted to capture as much of the complexity as is known about each of the subsystems. However, this article will follow th...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 22, 2 (2003).
Main Author: Peterka, R.J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Occam Razor.
PD control.
PID control model.
Control model.
Dynamic properties.
Environmental conditions.
Human postural control.
Low-frequency dynamic behavior.
Maintaining balance complexities.
Motor control.
Neural mechanisms.
Positive force feedback loop.
Postural control.
Postural control system.
Quantitative model.
Sensory orientation cues.
Sensory weights.
Simple closed-loop models.
Subsystems.
Systems identification methods.