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    Acute effects of alcohol on measures of walking performance
    (1978) Gregson, R. A. M.; Smith, D. A. R.; Strelow, E. R.; Brabyn, J. A.
    An on-line system for continuously monitoring 10 different quantitative measures of walking movements to a high fidelity was employed in a study comparing the effects of tolerance for alcohol and dosage level in mg/kg body weight over an 80 minute period following drinking. The data were subjected to multivariate analyses of covariance. Complex changes in walking were detected--some transient--during the period of observation. Different measures were optimally sensitive in monitoring a straight walking task and a blindfolded complex walk. The consequent problems of validation and generalization are noted.