RESEARCH ARTICLE Axially evoked postural reflexes: influence of task

© The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com effect on EMG responses, nor did vision or surface type (rigid or compliant). This study provides further evidence that postural reflexes produced by brief axial accelerations are independent of cutaneous receptors, vestibular afferents and ankle proprioceptors, and demonstrates that postural tasks and truncal orientation significantly affect the evoked response, consistent with a role in stabilising posture