TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The effect of stopping before turning on the direct observational measure of whole body turning bias
JO  - Human movement science
A1  - Taylor, M. J. D.
A1  - Strike, S. C.
SP  - 116
EP  - 120
VL  - 47
IS  - 
N2  - Turning bias, the preferential tendency to turn toward a given direction has been reported in both rodents and human participants. The observational gait method of determining turning bias in humans requires a stop prior to turning. This study removed the stop and hypothesised that turning bias would remain the same between stop and non-stop conditions if bias was solely under the control of neurochemical asymmetries. The results showed that statistically turning bias remained the same (to the left) regardless of method used but there was no agreement between the methods thus rejecting the hypothesis. It is likely that when not stopping biomechanical factors related to gait when turning influence the direction of turn rather than solely neurochemical asymmetries.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0167-9457
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.03.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -