The influence of vision on the automatic postural muscle responses of newly standing and newly walking infants

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 537-540

  Sundermier, Lynne ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Electromyographic activity; Infants; Postural control; Visual proprioception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STANDING; VISION; WALKING;

CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX;

EID: 0031813055     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050429     Document Type: Article

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