The utility of a virtual reality locomotion interface for studying gait behavior

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 696-709

  Sheik Nainar, Mohamed A ^a,c   Kaber, David B ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c Synaptics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIT BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION INTERFACE; OPTIC FLOWS; TREADMILL WALKING (TW);

CONSTRAINT THEORY; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL SERVOING;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34547194194     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X215773     Document Type: Article

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