Cognitive influence on postural stability: A neuromuscular analysis in young and older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Rankin, Julie K ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^a   Shumway Cook, Anne ^b   Brown, Lesley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MENTAL TASK; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0034095206     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.3.M112     Document Type: Article

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