Cautious gait in relation to knowledge and vision of height: Is altered visual information the dominant influence?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2686-2691

  Tersteeg, M C A ^a   Marple Horvat, Dilwyn E ^a   Loram, Ian D ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Motor control; Postural threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTEADINESS; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GAIT; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 84861173714     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00875.2011     Document Type: Article

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