title: An explicit expression for the moment in multibody systems.
abstract: The equations of motion are formulated for a set of interacting rigid bodies. An explicit formulation could be derived for the total moment of the forces on such a system. This is applied to (1) the intersegmental moment in a multisegment rigid-body model, and (2) the interpretation of the 'centre of pressure' as defined in the studies of human posture.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Physics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hof
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*