Abilities to turn suddenly while walking: Effects of age, gender, and available response time

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Cao, Cheng ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^a,b   Schultz, Albert B ^a,b   Alexander, Neil B ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0030944351     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.2.M88     Document Type: Article

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