Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 164-172 , February 2006

Controlling balance during quiet standing: Proportional and derivative controller generates preceding motor command to body sway position observed in experiments

  • Kei Masani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
    • Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G9
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5454 6853; fax: +81 3 5454 4317.
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  • Albert H. Vette

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G9
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  • Milos R. Popovic

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G9
    • Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4G 3V9

Received 25 June 2004 ,Revised 20 October 2004 ,Accepted 20 January 2005.

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PII: S0966-6362(05)00032-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.01.006

Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 164-172 , February 2006

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