Age and function differences in shared task performance: Walking and talking

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-141

  Williams, Kathleen ^a   Hinton, Virginia A ^a   Bories, Tamara ^b   Kovacs, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Locomotion; Shared task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645758469     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2006.10599340     Document Type: Article

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