Effects of different concurrent cognitive tasks on temporal-distance gait variables in children

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-113

  Huang, Hsiang Ju ^a   Mercer, Vicki Stemmons ^a   Thorpe, Deborah Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Child; Gait physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL STIMULATION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0038101684     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PEP.0000067886.96352.6B     Document Type: Article

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