Locomotor adjustments for circumvention of an obstacle in the travel path

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-414

  Vallis, Lori Ann ^a   McFadyen, Bradford J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticipatory control; Center of mass; Coordination; Locomotion; Obstacle circumvention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; VELOCITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141563563     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1558-6     Document Type: Article

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