Visual-vestibular interaction during goal directed locomotion: Effects of aging and blurring vision

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Deshpande, Nandini ^a,b   Patla, Aftab E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Locomotion; Sensory integration; Vestibular system; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BODY POSTURE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; VESTIBULE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33751260552     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0593-5     Document Type: Article

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