Influence of virtual reality on postural stability during movements of quiet stance

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 451, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Horlings, Corinne G C ^a   Carpenter, Mark G ^b   Küng, Ursula M ^a   Honegger, Flurin ^a   Wiederhold, Brenda ^c   Allum, John H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Posture; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTURAL STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JOINTS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149084165     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.12.057     Document Type: Article

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