Abstract
Vision can improve bipedal upright stability during standing and affect spatiotemporal parameters during walking. However, little is known about the effects of visual deprivation on gait dynamic stability. We have tested 28 subjects during walking under two different visual conditions, full vision (FV) and no vision (NV), measuring their upper body accelerations. Lower accelerations were found in NV for the reduced walking speed. However, the normalized accelerations were higher in the NV than in the FV condition, both in anteroposterior (1.05±0.21 versus 0.88±0.16, P=0.001) and laterolateral (0.99±0.26 versus 0.78±0.19, P
Original language | English |
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Article number | 974560 |
Journal | TheScientificWorldJournal |
Volume | 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Environmental Science(all)
- Medicine(all)