Attentional focus influences the walk-run transition in human locomotion

Biological Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-178

  Daniels, Gregory L ^a,b   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional demand; Dual task paradigm; Gait transitions; Perceived exertion; Running; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 0037623319     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(03)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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