What the "broken escalator" phenomenon teaches us about balance

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1164, Issue , 2009, Pages 82-88

  Bronstein, Adolfo M ^a   Bunday, Karen L ^a   Reynolds, Raymond ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aftereffects; Balance; Gait; Locomotion; Motor adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; WALKING;

EID: 66149103529     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03870.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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