Abstract
Upper trunk bending in humans is always accompanied by lower segment movements in the opposite direction, as first described qualitatively by Babinski (1899). He called this phenomenon “axial synergy” and suggested that it may serve to maintain equilibrium.
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Alexandrov, A., Frolov, A., Massion, J. (1995). Principal Component Analysis of Axial Synergies During Upper Trunk Forward Bending in Human. In: Mergner, T., Hlavačka, F. (eds) Multisensory Control of Posture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1931-7_11
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