Sounding better: Fast audio cues increase walk speed in treadmill-mediated virtual rehabilitation environments

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 154, Issue , 2010, Pages 202-207

  Powell, Wendy ^a   Stevens, Brett ^a   Hand, Steve ^a   Simmonds, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

audio cues; gait speed; treadmill walking; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

SPEED; SPORTING GOODS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUDIO CUES; FASTER RATES; GAIT SPEED; SOUND EFFECTS; TREADMILL WALKING; VIRTUAL REHABILITATION; VISUAL FLOW; WALKING SPEED;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

EID: 77954566950     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-561-7-202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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