When is visual information used to control locomotion when descending a kerb?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Buckley, John G ^a   Timmis, Matthew A ^b   Scally, Andy J ^a   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 79955133872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019079     Document Type: Article

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