ArticleExperimental brain research2015
Distracting visuospatial attention while approaching an obstacle reduces the toe-obstacle clearance.
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- Dual Tasking during Trip Recovery and Obstacle Clearance among Young, Healthy Adults in Human Factors Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- The direction of postural threat alters balance control when standing at virtual elevation.Experimental brain research · 2020Article
- Spatiotemporal gait analysis of older persons in clinical practice and research : Which parameters are relevant?Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2020Review
- An altered spatiotemporal gait adjustment during a virtual obstacle crossing task in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2019Article
- Variability of crossing phase in older people with Parkinson's disease is dependent of obstacle height.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Concurrent phone texting alters crossing behavior and induces gait imbalance during obstacle crossing.Gait & posture · 2018Article
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Abstract
Obstacle crossing during walking requires visuospatial attention to identify the obstacle, so that individuals can integrate visual and somatosensory information for raising the foot with appropriate height and timing without being tripped. However, the interaction between control of foot trajectory and orientation of visuospatial attention during obstacle crossing is complicated and remains unclear. This study probed where attention is directed when approaching and stepping over an obstacle during gait and examined how the presence of the obstacle affects the distribution of attention during walking. Eleven young healthy adults performed a visuospatial attention task while standing (Stand), crossing over an obstacle placed either before (ObsBefore) or after (ObsAfter) the visual target, or crossing without the visual target (ObsOnly). Toe-obstacle clearance was reduced for the trailing leg in the ObsAfter condition but remained the same for the ObsBefore and ObsOnly conditions. In addition, the accuracy rate of the visuospatial attention task tended to be higher at the locations closer to the obstacle. Taken together, these results demonstrate that visuospatial attention and the processes underlying obstacle crossing during locomotion interact in both a spatially and temporally dependent manner.
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