Fast responses to stepping-target displacements when walking.

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Goal-directed arm movements can be adjusted at short latency to target shifts. We tested whether similar adjustments are present during walking on a treadmill with shifting stepping targets. Participants responded at short latency with an adequate gain to small shifts of the stepping targets. Movements of the feet during walking are controlled in a similar way to goal-directed arm movements if balance is not violated.

Abstract

It is well-known that goal-directed hand movements can be adjusted to small changes in target location with a latency of about 100 ms. We tested whether people make similar fast adjustments when a target location for foot placement changes slightly as they walk over a flat surface. Participants walked at 3 km/h on a treadmill on which steppi

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317495 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature