Expected and unexpected head yaw movements result in different modifications of gait and whole body coordination strategies

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-110

  Vallis, Lori Ann ^a   Patla, Aftab E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Locomotion; Movement reference frame; Neck proprioceptive information; Sensory systems; Unexpected head movement; Vestibular; Vision; Voluntary head movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COORDINATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; CUES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NECK MUSCLES; ORIENTATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 3142749132     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1824-7     Document Type: Article

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