Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 16 , Pages 3641-3649 , 2007

Balance control in stepping down expected and unexpected level changes

  • Jaap H. van Dieën

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31205988501; fax: +31205988529.
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  • Marcel Spanjaard

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Institute for Biophysical Research into Human Movement, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
    • ,
  • Reinier Konemann

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Lennart Bron

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Mirjam Pijnappels

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 12 June 2007.

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PII: S0021-9290(07)00272-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.06.009

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 16 , Pages 3641-3649 , 2007

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