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Postural asymmetries in response to holding evenly and unevenly distributed loads during self-selected stance.
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PMID:  21774610     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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ABSTRACT The authors examined postural asymmetries during quiet stance and while holding evenly or unevenly distributed loads. Right-hand dominant subjects preferentially loaded their right lower limb when holding no load or a load evenly distributed in both hands, but no differences in center of pressure (CoP) were observed between the left and right limbs. However, longer CoP displacement was observed under the preferentially loaded limb, which may reflect a functional asymmetry that allows quick movement of one limb in response to a potential perturbation. When a load was held only in the nondominant hand, sample entropy decreased in the left (loaded) limb but increased in the right (unloaded) limb, suggesting the unloaded foot compensated for a loss of control flexibility in the loaded foot.
Authors:
Jeffrey M Haddad; Shirley Rietdyk; Joong Hyun Ryu; Jessica M Seaman; Tobin A Silver; Julia A Kalish; Charmayne M L Hughes
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of motor behavior     Volume:  43     ISSN:  1940-1027     ISO Abbreviation:  J Mot Behav     Publication Date:    2011 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-07-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0236512     Medline TA:  J Mot Behav     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  345-55     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
a Department of Health and Kinesiology , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana.
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