Scott E. Boebinger

This study compares cortical responses to balance perturbations between modern dancers and nondancers, finding dancers have greater cortical sensitivity despite similar biomechanical responses.

The paper uses a neuromechanical model to decompose muscle activity into brainstem and cortical components during balance perturbations, showing increased cortical involvement with age and Parkinson's disease.

The paper investigates how cortical contributions to balance recovery increase with task difficulty using neuromechanical modeling of muscle activity and EEG data.