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Smooth pursuit

Smooth pursuit has been studied in 1 paper since 2022: 1 observational study in people. The newest paper, Nov 23, 2022: “Keeping balance during head-free smooth pursuit: The role of aging”.

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“Results suggest that head-free pursuing of a moving target decreased balance to a greater extent in old than young individuals when compared to fixation.”
Keeping balance during head-free smooth pursuit: The role of agingHuman movement science2022doi:10.1016/j.humov.2022.103041

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Humans1

What did studies of Smooth pursuit find?

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Studies of Smooth pursuit measured 1 outcome; the most studied are standing balance (1 study).

Standing balance

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1 study

  1. Smooth pursuit impairs standing balance in humans (p < .05).

    “Results suggest that head-free pursuing of a moving target decreased balance to a greater extent in old than young individuals when compared to fixation.”

    Human trialsmooth pursuit compared to fixation

    Keeping balance during head-free smooth pursuit: The role of aging

    Human movement science

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