Attuning one's steps to visual targets reduces comfortable walking speed in both young and older adults

Attuning one's steps to visual targets reduces comfortable walking speed in both young and older adults

Highlights • We assessed how visual stepping targets affected comfortable walking speed (CWS). • Both overground and treadmill CWS decreased when stepping targets were present. • Variability in inter-stepping target distance did not affect CWS. • These two effects were observed for young and older a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gait & posture 2015-03, Vol.41 (3), p.830-834
Hauptverfasser: Peper, C. (Lieke) E, de Dreu, Miek J, Roerdink, Melvyn
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adaptation, Physiological - physiology
Adult
Aged
Aging - physiology
Aging, Gait speed, Treadmill walking
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Exercise Test - methods
Gait - physiology
Human locomotion
Humans
Locomotion - physiology
Male
Orthopedics
Walking - physiology
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • We assessed how visual stepping targets affected comfortable walking speed (CWS). • Both overground and treadmill CWS decreased when stepping targets were present. • Variability in inter-stepping target distance did not affect CWS. • These two effects were observed for young and older adults alike. • To assess visually guided CWS a simple overground walkway with targets may suffice.
ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.02.016