Carlo J. De Luca

Posture Control

Original Reports

Meyer PF, Oddsson L, and De Luca CJ. Reduced plantar sensitivity alters postural responses to lateral perturbations of balance. Experimental Brain Research, 157: 526-536, 2004. PMID: 15029466. (pdf)

Meyer P, Oddsson L, and De Luca CJ. The role of plantar cutaneous afferents in the control of unperturbed stance. Experimental Brain Research, 156: 505-512, 2004. PMID: 14968274. (pdf)

Oddsson L and De Luca CJ. Activation imbalances in lumbar spine muscles in the presence of chronic low back pain. Journal of Applied Physiology 94: 1410-1420, 2003. PMID: 12482760. (pdf)

Kollmitzer J, Oddsson L, Ebenbichler GR, Giphart E, and De Luca CJ. Postural control during lifting. Journal of Biomechanics, 35: 585-594, 2002. (pdf)

Mitchell SL, Collins JJ, De Luca CJ, Burrows A, and Lipsitz LA. Open-loop and closed-loop control mechanisms in Parkinson’s Disease: Increased mediolateral activity during quiet standing. Neuroscience Letters, 197: 133-136, 1995.  PMID: 8552278. (pdf)

Collins JJ, De Luca CJ, Burrows A, and Lipsitz LA. Age-related changes in open-loop and closed-loop postural control mechanisms. Experimental Brain Research, 104: 480-492, 1995. PMID: 7589299. (pdf)

Collins JJ and De Luca CJ. The effects of visual input on open-loop and closed-loop postural control mechanisms. Experimental Brain Research, 103: 151-163, 1995. PMID: 7615030. (pdf)

Collins JJ and De Luca CJ. Upright, correlated random walks: a statistical-biomechanics approach to the human postural control system. CHAOS, 5: 57-63, 1995. PMID: 12780156. (pdf)

Collins JJ, De Luca CJ. Random walking during quiet standing. Physical Review Letters, 73: 764-767, 1994. PMID: 10057531. (pdf)

Collins JJ and De Luca CJ. Open-loop and closed-loop control of posture: a random-walk analysis of center-of-pressure trajectories. Experimental Brain Research, 95: 308-318, 1993. PMID: 8224055. (pdf)