@article{ref1,
title="Control of human locomotion under various task constraints",
journal="Experimental brain research",
year="2002",
author="Montagne, Gilles and Buekers, Martinus and de Rugy, Aymar and Camachon, Cyril and Laurent, Michel",
volume="143",
number="1",
pages="133-136",
abstract="The goal of this study was to identify the control mechanism used for locomotion pointing regulation under different external temporal constraints. Subjects ( n=8) had to walk on a treadmill through a number of virtual hallways and cross a pair of gliding doors that opened and closed at a constant preset frequency (0.5 Hz or 1 Hz). Crossing performance, step durations, and step lengths were used as dependent measures. The results revealed the regulation of locomotion occurred earlier and was more pronounced at 0.5 Hz than at 1 Hz, making performance better at 0.5 Hz. Nevertheless at the two frequencies the control mechanism appears similar; it is grounded on information movement coupling. This control mechanism allows for the production of specific behavior according to the task constraints.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-4819",
doi="10.1007/s00221-001-0990-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-001-0990-8"
}