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Optic flow perturbation

Optic flow perturbation has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 observational study in people; 1 in the past year. The newest paper, Oct 27, 2025: “The Effect of Physical Activity Level on Age-Related Differences in Responses to Optic Flow Perturbation during Human Walking”.

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“Mean (and variability of) step width and mediolateral margin of stability increased irrespective of age and PA (all p<0.001).”
The Effect of Physical Activity Level on Age-Related Differences in Responses to Optic Flow Perturbation during Human WalkingbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2025doi:10.1101/2025.10.27.684797

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  • Funders: China Scholarship Council and 1 more
  • Humans1

What did studies of Optic flow perturbation find?

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Studies of Optic flow perturbation measured 1 outcome; the most studied are step width (1 study).

Step width

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1 study

  1. Optic flow perturbation increases step width in humans.

    “Mean (and variability of) step width and mediolateral margin of stability increased irrespective of age and PA (all p<0.001).”

    Human trialTreadmill walking; irrespective of age and physical activitymediolateral8 minutesn = 60

    The Effect of Physical Activity Level on Age-Related Differences in Responses to Optic Flow Perturbation during Human Walking

    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)Preprint

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