Walking variability during continuous pseudo-random oscillations of the support surface and visual field

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1470-1475

  McAndrew, Patricia M ^a   Dingwell, Jonathan B ^b   Wilken, Jason M ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Center for the Intrepid   (United States)

Author keywords

Optic flow; Perturbation; Variability; Walking; Walking surface

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; GAIT RESEARCH; GAIT TRAINING; GAIT VARIABILITY; HUMAN STUDY; MEDIOLATERAL; MODELING PREDICTIONS; OPTIC FLOW; PSEUDO RANDOM; SINUSOIDAL OSCILLATIONS; STEP LENGTH; UNEVEN SURFACES; VIRTUAL-REALITY ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL FIELDS; WALKING SURFACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 77952584606     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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