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Title = Cutaneous reflex responses during walking= (OR Stumbling corrective response, OR Tripping Reflex Response)

The stumbling corrective response is a reflex mediated by cutaneous skin afferents during locomotion that occurs to prevent falling when one encounters an obstacle.

What are reflexes. They modify gait. For stability.

Reflexes are...

They modify the central pattern generator.

These reflex responses are task-dependent (link to section), phase dependent (link to section) and location specific (link to section).

What are reflexes. What are cutaneous reflexes. Why are they important?

Cutaneous afferents
What are they? Link to skin page.

Both mechanical perturbations and electrical stimulation have be used to examine the effect of cutaneous afferents on locomotion.

Phase dependency
stance, early swing, late swing

Location dependency
top of foot, bottom of foot, side of foot, (hand?)

Task dependency
forward walking, backward walking, sideways walking, sitting

Development
exists in infants/children