Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 127-134 , July 2008

Characterizing head motion in three planes during combined visual and base of support disturbances in healthy and visually sensitive subjects

  • E.A. Keshner

      Affiliations

    • Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Current address: Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Temple University, 3307 N. Broad Street - Jones Hall 600, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States. Tel.: +1 215 707 4824; fax: +1 215 707 7500.
  • ,
  • Y. Dhaher

      Affiliations

    • Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
    • Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States

Received 16 March 2007 ,Revised 31 October 2007 ,Accepted 7 November 2007.

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PII: S0966-6362(07)00267-6

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.11.003

Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 127-134 , July 2008