Human Balance out of Equilibrium: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics in Posture Control
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Michael Lauk,1,2,4 Carson C. Chow,1,3,* Ann E. Pavlik,1,2 and James J. Collins1,2 1Center for BioDynamics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 3Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 4Zentrum für Datenanalyse und Modellbildung and Department of Physics, Universität Freiburg, Eckerstrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany (Received 3 September 1997)
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