Evaluation of older driver head functional range of motion using portable immersive virtual reality

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-156

  Chen, Karen B ^a   Xu, Xu ^b   Lin, Jia Hua ^c   Radwin, Robert G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Older driver; Performance; Range of motion; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATION; TRUNK; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADOLESCENT; AGING; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NECK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942600897     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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