Dynamic stability of human walking in visually and mechanically destabilizing environments

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 644-649

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

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

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Optic flow; Perturbation; Virtual reality; Walking; Walking surface

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC STABILITY; OPTIC FLOW; PERTURBATION; WALKING; WALKING SURFACE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

STABILITY;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION; WALKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951726030     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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