Studies in Sport Medicine

The effect of walking training with visual perturbation on kinematic parameters

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Otella Shoja 1
Alireza Farsi 1
Farzad towhidkhah 2
Behrouz Abdoli 1

1 Department of motor behaviour, Faculty of Sport Science and Health, Shahid beheshti University

2 Department of Bio-electric, medical Engineering faculty, Amirkabir University of Technology

https://doi.org/10.22089/smj.2019.7600.1380
Abstract
Previous studies have been shown that visual information has a critical role for balance and walking. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of walking training with visual perturbation on kinematic parameters. Ten healthy participants walked on the treadmill once with eyes open and another time with eyes closed. Then, 9 trials of walking training with visual perturbation were performed and finally, eyes closed walking was repeated. The result showed that visual deprivation caused significantly changes in step length, step width, stance and double-support duration. However, after training, there was no significant difference of these parameters (except step width) between eyes closed walking before and after training. Furthermore, the findings showed that walking training with visual perturbation induced learning and enhanced the kinematic parameters of walking.
 

Keywords

locomotion
balance
active control
passive control
sensory integration
Subjects
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  • Receive Date 24 June 2019
  • Revise Date 22 October 2019
  • Accept Date 02 November 2019

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