Biomechanical Analysis of (Non-)Isometric Virtual Walking of Older Adults
Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) (Poster Presentation), page 217--218 - 2017
Our study investigates the effects of (non-)isometric mappings between
physical movements and virtual motions in the virtual environment
(VE) on walking biomechanics of older adults. Three primary
domains (pace, base of support and phase) of spatio-temporal
and temporo-phasic parameters were used to evaluate gait performance.
Our results show similar results in pace and phasic domains
when older adults walk in the VE in the isometric mapping condition
compared to the corresponding parameters in the real world.
We found significant differences in base of support for our user
group between walking in the VE and real world. For non-isometric
mappings we found an increased divergence of gait parameters in
all domains correlating with the up- or down-scaled velocity of visual
self-motion feedback.
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BibTex references
@InProceedings{JLSBGP17a, author = "Janeh, Omar and Langbehn, Eike and Steinicke, Frank and Bruder, Gerd and Gulberti, Alessandro and Poetter-Nerger, Monika", title = "Biomechanical Analysis of (Non-)Isometric Virtual Walking of Older Adults", booktitle = "Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) (Poster Presentation)", pages = "217--218", year = "2017", url = "http://basilic.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/Publications/2017/JLSBGP17a" }