Are older adults more dependent on visual information in regulating self-motion than younger adults?

被引：32

作者：

Anderson, PG ^{[1
]}

Nienhuis, B ^{[1
]}

Mulder, T ^{[1
]}

Hulstijn, W ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nijmegen, St Maartens Klin Res, Nijmegen Inst Cognit & Informat, Neurol Inst, NL-6500 GM Nijmegen, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR | 1998年 / 30卷 / 02期

关键词：

elderly; gait kinematics; human gait; self-motion; optic flow;

D O I：

10.1080/00222899809601328

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

Older adults look at the ground more while they are walking than younger adults do. In the present study, the effect of blocking that exproprioceptive visual information on the walking pattern of older adults was investigated. The first 0.75 m of the floor in front of healthy young adults (n = 10, mean age = 26.0 years) and 2 groups of older adults (n = 10, mean age 65.7 years; and n = 9, mean age = 75.9 years) was occluded. The dependent variables were step velocity, step length, and step frequency. The effect of the manipulation on those kinematic variables increased with age. The older adults had a significant increase in velocity and step length. The possible use of optic flow information from the ground to regulate the velocity of self-motion is discussed.

引用

页码：104 / 113

页数：10

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