Attentional demands and postural recovery: The effects of aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Brown, Lesley A ^c   Shumway Cook, Anne ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^b  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032915705     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.4.M165     Document Type: Article

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