Running pattern changes depending on the level of subjects' awareness of the measurements performed: A "sampling effect" in human locomotion experiments?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-510

  Morin, Jean Benoît ^a   Samozino, Pierre ^a   Peyrot, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Deceptive instructions; Expectations; Psychology; Stride dynamics; Stride kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; STANDARDIZATION; TREADMILL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349236860     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.123     Document Type: Article

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