The effects of two types of cognitive tasks on postural stability in older adults with and without a history of falls

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Shumway Cook, Anne ^a,d   Woollacott, Marjorie ^b   Kerns, Kimberly A ^c   Baldwin, Margaret ^a  

^a Northwest Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030802103     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.4.M232     Document Type: Article

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