Title :
Studies in Postural Control Systems Part I: Torque Disturbance Input
Author :
Agarwal, Gyan C. ; Berman, Bradley M. ; Stark, Lawrence
Author_Institution :
Department of Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Presbyterian-St. Luke´´s Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
fDate :
4/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The postural control system in normal humans is studied by applying a mechanical torque disturbance to the system. It is shown that the response of the system can be approximated by a second-order differential equation where the parameters depend on the state of the system.
Keywords :
Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Control systems; Detectors; Humans; Muscles; Nerve fibers; Neurons; Personal communication networks; Torque control;
Journal_Title :
Systems Science and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSSC.1970.300285
