Citation

Ledebt A, Bril B, Wiener-Vacher S. Neuroreport 1995; 6(13): 1737-1740.

Affiliation

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Apprentissage, Cognition et Contexte, Paris, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8541471

Abstract

This study measured the rate of acquisition of head and trunk postural control during the two early developmental periods of independent walking, as defined by global gait parameters. Gait parameters were observed longitudinally in four children. The maximum angular deviations of the trunk and head oscillations were computed in the frontal and sagittal planes. These decreased most dramatically during the first 10-15 weeks of independent walking, during the same period when global gait parameters changed rapidly. This head and trunk stabilization may be a fundamental process that help to maintain equilibrium during walking, and may be a necessary step prior to the development of fine posturo-motor control.

Language: en