Veering in human locomotion: The role of the effectors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-24

  Boyadjian, A ^a   Marin, L ^a   Danion, F ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Effectors; Homotropy; Human locomotion; Veering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING; WHEELCHAIR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; WALKING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0033537823     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00198-6     Document Type: Article

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