Postural adaptations to repeated optic flow stimulation in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-391

  O'Connor, Kathryn W ^a,b   Loughlin, Patrick J ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^a,b,c   Sparto, Patrick J ^a,b,c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Habituation; Sensory reweighting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 54049133677     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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