Does My Step Look Big In This? A Visual Illusion Leads To Safer Stepping Behaviour

BACKGROUND: Tripping is a common factor in falls and a typical safety strategy to avoid tripping on steps or stairs is to increase foot clearance over the step edge. In the present study we asked whether the perceived height of a step could be increased using a visual illusion and whether this would...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Elliott, David B., Vale, Anna, Whitaker, David, Buckley, John G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19240790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004577

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19240790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004577

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