Abstract
Any movement of the body to maintain or regain erect posture results from a combination of internal, muscular forces with external forces exerted most commonly by the support surface on the foot. That is, erect human posture is characterized by a continuous interaction among the muscular and external forces acting upon the body segments.
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McCollum, G., Horak, F.B., Nashner, L.M. (1984). Parsimony in Neural Calculations for Postural Movements. In: Bloedel, J.R., Dichgans, J., Precht, W. (eds) Cerebellar Functions. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69980-1_4
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