Gait termination in young and older adults: Effects of stopping stimulus probability and stimulus delay

Gait and Posture

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-251

  Tirosh, Oren ^a   Sparrow, W A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Falls; Gait termination; Stimulus probability; Stopping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CUES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 2342473331     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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