Walking patterns and finger rhythm of older adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 435-447

  Nagasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Itoh, Hajime ^a   Hashizume, Ken ^a   Furuna, Taketo ^a   Maruyama, Hitoshi ^b   Kinugasa, Takashi ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tukuba University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 0030122478     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.2.435     Document Type: Article

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