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Body position

Known as: Postures, body posture, POS 
The spatial property of a body; where it is or the way in which it is situated.
National Institutes of Health

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Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: the epidemiologic evidence and the debate.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Attention and the control of posture and gait: a review of an emerging area of research.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The chameleon effect: the perception-behavior link and social interaction.
The chameleon effect refers to nonconscious mimicry of the postures, mannerisms, facial expressions, and other behaviors of one's… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
THE BASAL GANGLIA: FOCUSED SELECTION AND INHIBITION OF COMPETING MOTOR PROGRAMS
  • J. Mink
  • Progress in neurobiology
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 206054289
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Human balance and posture control during standing and walking
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The stabilizing system of the spine. Part I. Function, dysfunction, adaptation, and enhancement.
  • M. Panjabi
  • Journal of spinal disorders
  • 1992
  • Corpus ID: 28086630
Presented here is the conceptual basis for the assertion that the spinal stabilizing system consists of three subsystems. The… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The stabilizing system of the spine. Part II. Neutral zone and instability hypothesis.
  • M. Panjabi
  • Journal of spinal disorders
  • 1992
  • Corpus ID: 44619795
The neutral zone is a region of intervertebral motion around the neutral posture where little resistance is offered by the… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Movement, posture and equilibrium: Interaction and coordination
  • J. Massion
  • Progress in neurobiology
  • 1992
  • Corpus ID: 18945230
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Posterior parietal association cortex of the monkey: command functions for operations within extrapersonal space.
Experiments were made on the posterior parietal association cortical areas 5 and in 17 hemispheres of 11 monkeys, 6 M. mulatta… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The prehensile movements of the human hand.
  • J. Napier
  • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume
  • 1956
  • Corpus ID: 26456525
1. The prehensile movements of the hand as a whole are analysed from both an anatomical anda functional viewpoint. 2. It is shown… 
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