Control Approaches
- Feedback (balance) - The body senses the perturbation and reacts via using the appropriate synergy (that is, trying to stay balanced after being pushed)
- Feedforward (anticipation) - anticipating of future perturbations. There are three ways to maintain balance: magnitude (of the lean), timing and direction
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