Attentional requirements of walking in spinal cord injured patients compared to normal subjects

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-250

  Lajoie, Y ^a   Barbeau, H ^b   Hamelin, M ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional demands; Reaction times; Spinal cord injured patients; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0032905509     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100810     Document Type: Article

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