"THEREFORE,
THE LOCATION
OF THE CENTER
OF MASS IN
THE BODY IS
NOT FIXED. IT
DEPENDS ON
THE POSITION
AND SPATIAL
ORIENTATION
OF THE BODY
KNOWN AS
'MOVEMENT'."
height. The second action is maintaining
balance by controlling the trajectory of the
center of mass in the horizontal plane.
Neuroscience textbooks teach us that in
order to maintain balance, the nervous
system must control the position and
motion of the body’s center of mass, as well
as the body’s rotation around its center of
mass. The center of mass is a point that
represents the average position of the body’s
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