Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 180-188 , February 2006

Spectrally similar periodic and non-periodic optic flows evoke different postural sway responses

  • Mark C. Musolino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Eye and Ear Institute, 127, University of Pittsburgh, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 624 9898.
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  • Patrick J. Loughlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Eye and Ear Institute, 127, University of Pittsburgh, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick J. Sparto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Eye and Ear Institute, 127, University of Pittsburgh, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Mark S. Redfern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Eye and Ear Institute, 127, University of Pittsburgh, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Received 1 July 2004 ,Revised 1 December 2004 ,Accepted 1 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.02.008

Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 180-188 , February 2006

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