Age differences in timed accurate stepping with increasing cognitive and visual demand: A walking trail making test

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1558-1562

  Alexander, Neil B ^a,c,d   Ashton Miller, James A ^b,c   Giordani, Bruno ^b   Guire, Ken ^b   Schultz, Albert B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING;

EID: 31344469336     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.12.1558     Document Type: Article

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