Effects of distance and gaze position on postural stability in young and old subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 438-445

  Kapoula, Zoï ^a   Lê, Thanh Thuan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Distance; Gaze position; Quiet stance; Sustained convergence; Visual stabilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CENTER OF PRESSURE; DISTANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EFFERENT NERVE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; RETINA; SENESCENCE; SENSORY NERVE; STANDING; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NECK MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; POSTURE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747149347     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0382-1     Document Type: Article

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