Age differences in postural stability are increased by additional cognitive demands

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-154

  Maylor, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Wing, Alan M ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STANDING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029880539     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51b.3.p143     Document Type: Article

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