THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF INTRA-LIMB ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL ADJUSTMENTS AND THEIR ROLE IN MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE

The organization and control of intra-limb anticipatory postural adjustments and their role in movement performance

Anticipatory Postural Adjustments (APAs) are commonly described as unconscious muscular activities aimed to counterbalance the perturbation caused by the primary movement, so as to ensure the whole-body balance, as well as contributing to initiate the displacement of the body centre of mass when starting gait or whole-body reaching movements.These

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