TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - A study on balance maintenance strategies during walking: A simulation study
JO  - Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society
A1  - Ikemoto, Yu
A1  - Yu, Wenwei
A1  - Inoue, Jun
SP  - 5073
EP  - 5076
VL  - 1
IS  - 
N2  - Walking assist systems should cope with both the external perturbation caused by slips, uneven terrain, slopes, and obstacles, and local function impairment caused by internal factors, like spastic paralysis. It is known that humans are able to cope with these difficulties by different strategies. One is that in the case when external perturbation occurs, especially when the occurrence cannot be predicted or perceived in advance, humans rely on reflexes, which cause unconscious, relatively fixed muscular response patterns to perturbations within a short period of time. Another is that in the case of local function impairment, humans generally develop compensated gait to overcome the falling-down risky factors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-170X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -