Step training improves the speed of voluntary step initiation in aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-51

  Rogers, Mark W ^a   Johnson, Marjorie E ^a   Martinez, Kathy M ^a   Mille, Marie Laure ^a   Hedman, Lois D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0037243922     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.1.m46     Document Type: Article

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