Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 21

Authors

James D. Westwood
Susan W. Westwood
Li Felländer-Tsai
Cali M. Fidopiastis
Randy S. Haluck
Richard A. Robb
Steven Senger
Kirby G. Vosburgh
Joshua Pickhinke, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Jung Hung Chien, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Mukul Mukherjee, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow

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Editors: James D. Westwood, Susan W. Westwood, Li Felländer-Tsai, Cali M. Fidopiastis, Randy S. Haluck, Richard A. Robb, Steven Senger, Kirby G. Vosburgh.

Chapter, Varying the Speed of Perceived Self-Motion Affects Postural Control During Locomotion, co-authored by Joshua Pickhinke, Jung Hung Chien, Mukul Mukherjee, UNO faculty and staff members.

Virtual reality environments have been used to show the importance of perception of self-motion in controlling posture and gait. In this study, the authors used a virtual reality environment to investigate whether varying optical flow speed had any effect on postural control during locomotion. Healthy young adult participants walked under two conditions, with optical flow matching their preferred walking speed, and with a randomly varying optic flow speed compared to their preferred walking speed. Exposure to the varying optic flow increased the variability in their postural control as measured by area of COP when compared with the matched speed condition. If perception of self-motion becomes less predictable, postural control during locomotion becomes more variable and possibly riskier.

ISBN

978-1614993759319

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

IOS Press

City

Washington, D.C.

Department

Biomechanics Research Building

Comments

Volume 196 in the Studies in Health Technology and Informatics series.

This book is also available here.

Recommended Citation

Pickhinke, J., Chien, J. H., & Mukherjee, M. (January 01, 2014). Varying the Speed of Perceived Self-Motion Affects Postural Control During Locomotion. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 319-324.