The simulation shows the body modeled as an inverted pendulum balanced over a base of support, with a real-time center of pressure trace responding to simulated sensory input and small perturbations.
Adjust which sensory inputs are available (vision, vestibular, proprioception) and apply perturbations of varying size to see whether the body responds with an ankle strategy, a hip strategy, or a protective step.
Toggle sensory inputs and trigger perturbations of different sizes to explore how the simulated body selects between ankle, hip, and stepping strategies to stay balanced.
Force plates used in real balance labs can detect center of pressure shifts smaller than a millimeter, which is how researchers can quantify subtle balance deficits long before a person notices any unsteadiness themselves.
The simulation shows the body modeled as an inverted pendulum balanced over a base of support, with a real-time center of pressure trace responding to simulated sensory input and small perturbations.
The simulation shows the body modeled as an inverted pendulum balanced over a base of support, with a real-time center of pressure trace responding to simulated sensory input and small perturbations.
Adjust which sensory inputs are available (vision, vestibular, proprioception) and apply perturbations of varying size to see whether the body responds with an ankle strategy, a hip strategy, or a protective step.
Force plates used in real balance labs can detect center of pressure shifts smaller than a millimeter, which is how researchers can quantify subtle balance deficits long before a person notices any unsteadiness themselves.