force platform

force platform
A device used to measure the strength, symmetry, and latency of compensatory postural movements when visual, vestibular, and somatosensory stimuli are varied.

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a small platform that measures variations in downward force between different points on its surface, for assessing stability of stance and posture as a person stands on it; see posturography. Called also force plate.

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