Navigational strategies during fast walking: A comparison between trained athletes and non-athletes

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 539-545

  Gérin Lajoie, Martin ^a   Ronsky, Janet L ^b   Loitz Ramage, Barbara ^b   Robu, Ion ^b   Richards, Carol L ^a   McFadyen, Bradford J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elite athletes; Gait; Locomotor control; Navigation; Obstacle avoidance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAVIGATIONAL SKILL; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPORT; TRAINING; VISIBILITY; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPORTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 34548673742     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.11.209     Document Type: Article

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