Distinct coordination patterns integrate exploratory head movements with whole-body movement patterns during walking.

ABSTRACT: Visual guidance of gait is an important skill for everyday mobility. While this has often been studied using eye-tracking techniques, recent studies have shown that visual exploration involves more than just the eye; head movement and potentially the whole body is involved for successful visual exploration. This study aimed to assess coordinative patterns associated with head movement and it was hypothesized that these patterns would span across the body, rather than being localized. Twenty-one (after exclusions) healthy young adult volunteers followed a treadmill walking protocol designed to elicit different types of head movements (no stimuli compared to stimuli requiring horizontal, vertical, and mixed gaze shifts). Principal Component Analysis was used to establish whole-body correlate

SUBMITTER: van Andel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9868120 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature