Effect of narrowing the base of support on the gait, gaze and quiet eye of elite ballet dancers and controls

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-276

  Panchuk, Derek ^a   Vickers, Joan N ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expertise; Focus of attention; Locomotion; Optic flow; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BALLET DANCER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; GAIT; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DANCING; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755140647     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-011-0395-y     Document Type: Article

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