Impact of aging on visual reweighting during locomotion

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1422-1428

  Berard, Jessica ^a,b   Fung, Joyce ^a,b   Lamontagne, Anouk ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Multisensory integration; Optic flow; Speed; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL REWEIGHTING; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CUES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, OCULAR; WALKING;

EID: 84861682477     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.11.081     Document Type: Article

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