Measurement of postural stability before and after immersion in a virtual environment

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-57

  Cobb, Susan Valerie Gray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Postural stability; Virtual environments; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATOR; STANDARDIZATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033081507     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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