Gait adaptations to awareness and experience of a slip when walking on a cross-slope

Highlights • First slips study to conduct analysis on a cross-slope. • Cautious gait patterns observed when aware that a slip might occur on a cross-slope. • Cautious gait patterns also observed after experiencing a slip on a cross-slope. • No differences between potential awareness and experience o...

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Published inGait & posture Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 575 - 579
Main Authors Lawrence, Daniel, Domone, Sarah, Heller, Ben, Hendra, Timothy, Mawson, Susan, Wheat, Jon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier B.V 01.10.2015
Subjects
Accidental Falls
Adaptation, Physiological
Adult
Ageing
Awareness - physiology
Balance
Cross-slope
Falls
Gait - physiology
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Male
Orthopedics
Postural Balance - physiology
Slips
Walking - physiology
Falls
Balance
Ageing
Cross-slope
Slips
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Summary:Highlights • First slips study to conduct analysis on a cross-slope. • Cautious gait patterns observed when aware that a slip might occur on a cross-slope. • Cautious gait patterns also observed after experiencing a slip on a cross-slope. • No differences between potential awareness and experience of a slip. • High incidence of falls when participants slip on a cross-slope.
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ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.09.006