The moveable handhold: A new paradigm to study visual contributions to the control of balance-recovery reactions

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Cheng, Kenneth C ^a,b   McKay, Sandra M ^a   King, Emily C ^a,c   Tung, James Y ^a,d,e   Lee, Tracy A ^a   Scovil, Carol Y ^a   Maki, Brian E ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance reactions; Grasping; Reaching; Vision; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 58549106955     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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