Coordination of segments reorientation during on-the-spot turns in healthy older adults in eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 632-636

  Akram, Sakineh B ^a   Frank, James S ^b   Fraser, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Older adults; Segment reorientation; Turning; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PELVIS; SHOULDER; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 78149470172     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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