Visual control of trunk translation and orientation during locomotion

• Published in: Experimental brain research Vol. 232; no. 6; pp. 1941 - 1951
• Main Authors: Anson, E., Agada, P., Kiemel, T., Ivanenko, Y., Lacquaniti, F., Jeka, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2014; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Exercise Test; Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision; Feedback, Sensory - physiology; Female; Fitness equipment; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gait - physiology; Humans; Kinesiology; Locomotion; Locomotion - physiology; Male; Neurology; Neurosciences; Orientation - physiology; Physiological aspects; Research Article; Spectrum Analysis; Time Factors; User-Computer Interface; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Visual pathways; Visual Perception - physiology; Walking; Young Adult; United States; Italy; Rome Italy; Trunk control; Walking; Vision; Locomotion; Orientation

Previous studies have suggested distinct control of gait characteristics in the anterior–posterior (AP) and medial–lateral (ML) directions in response to visual input. Responses were larger to a ML visual stimulus, suggesting that vision plays a larger role in stabilizing gait in the ML direction. H...