Anchor system
Anchor system has been studied in 1 paper since 2017: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, Dec 26, 2017: “Task difficulty has no effect on haptic anchoring during tandem walking in young and older adults”.
1 paper studies it1 findingUpdated
“The anchors reduced trunk acceleration in the frontal plane, but the level of difficulty of the walking task showed no effect.”
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funder: São Paulo Research Foundation
- Human trial1
Studies in people
1 study gave anchor system to people and measured what changed.
down: Decreases frontal-plane trunk acceleration
Randomized trial17 peopleyoung and older adults
Older adults; during tandem walking
Neuroscience letters, Dec 26, 2017
What did studies of Anchor system find?
1Studies of Anchor system measured 1 outcome; the most studied are frontal-plane trunk acceleration (1 study).
Frontal-plane trunk acceleration
downin humans1
1 study
Frontal-plane trunk acceleration
downin humans1
Anchor system decreases frontal-plane trunk acceleration in humans.
“The anchors reduced trunk acceleration in the frontal plane, but the level of difficulty of the walking task showed no effect.”
Human trialduring tandem walkingtwo flexible cables with weights resting on the ground125 g weights
Task difficulty has no effect on haptic anchoring during tandem walking in young and older adults
Neuroscience letters