Old age affects gaze and postural coordination

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Paquette, Caroline ^a,b   Fung, Joyce ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Postural balance; Saccades; Smooth pursuit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENESCENCE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STANDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SACCADES;

EID: 79951555811     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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