Attentional demands and postural control: The effect of sensory context

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Shumway Cook, A ^a   Woollacott, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STANDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034049680     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.1.M10     Document Type: Article

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