Does increased postural threat lead to more conscious control of posture?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-532

  Huffman, J L ^a   Horslen, B C ^b   Carpenter, M G ^b   Adkin, A L ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Movement reinvestment; Postural control; Postural threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDING; VOLUNTEER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349240211     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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