Stepping to recover balance in complex environments: Is online visual control of the foot motion necessary or sufficient?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 445, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Scovil, Carol Y ^a   Zettel, John L ^b   Maki, Brian E ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Environmental constraints; Postural control; Stepping; Triggered reactions; Vision; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; HUMAN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949101695     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.062     Document Type: Article

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