Visual control of obstacle avoidance during locomotion: Strategies in young children, young and older adults

Advances in Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue C, 1996, Pages 257-277

  Patla, Aftab E ^a   Prentice, Stephen D ^a   Gobbi, Lilian T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aging; development; intersegmental dynamics; locomotion; Obstacle avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956776802     PISSN: 01664115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(96)80012-4     Document Type: Chapter

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