Response inhibition during avoidance of virtual obstacles while walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 641-644

  Potocanac, Zrinka ^a   Hoogkamer, Wouter ^a   Carpes, Felipe P ^b   Pijnappels, Mirjam ^c   Verschueren, Sabine M P ^a   Duysens, Jacques ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Gait; Obstacle avoidance; Precision stepping; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; GAIT; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; PRECISION STEPPING; RESPONSE INHIBITION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888296455     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.07.125     Document Type: Article

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