Effects of visual environment on quiet standing by young and old adults

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-264

  Kinsella Shaw, Jeffrey M ^a   Harrison, Steven J ^a   Colon Semenza, Christina ^a   Turvey, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Contrast sensitivity; Illumination; Nonlinear measures; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33745686561     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.38.4.251-264     Document Type: Article

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