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Experimental Methods to Study Human Postural Control
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Sensorimotor adaptation of whole-body postural control

Douglas M Shiller1, Louis-Nicolas Veilleux2, Mikaël Marois3

  • 1École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Centre, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C4, Canada; Centre de Réadaptation Marie Enfant, 5200 Rue Bélanger, Montréal, Quebec H1T 1C9, Canada.

Neuroscience
|May 28, 2017
PubMed
Summary

This study shows that adapting to visual feedback changes postural symmetry during quiet standing. These postural control adjustments persist even after the visual feedback is removed.

Keywords:
center of pressuremotor learningpostural controlsensorimotor adaptationvisual feedback

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