Altered walking pattern in a virtual environment

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Sondell, Björn ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^a   Eriksson, Staffan ^a   Engström, Björn ^a   Backman, Anders ^a   Holmlund, Kenneth ^a   Bucht, Gösta ^a   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; VIRTUAL TILTING; WALKING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FRACTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH; SENSORS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 20344399877     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1054746053967003     Document Type: Article

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