Modulation of gait during visual adaptation to dark

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-125

  Moe Nilssen, Rolf ^a   Helbostad, Jorunn L ^b   Åkra, Torunn ^c   Birkedal, Lena ^d   Nygaard, Harald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Sunniva Hospice   (Norway)

^d Fyllingsdalen Nursing Home   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dark adaptation; Gait analysis; Human locomotion; Motor adaptation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; VELOCITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645395547     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.38.2.118-125     Document Type: Article

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