Evidence for a link between changes to gaze behaviour and risk of falling in older adults during adaptive locomotion

Gait and Posture

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-294

  Chapman, G J ^a   Hollands, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Falls; Gait; Human locomotion

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FALLING; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GAZE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33749245851     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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