Reciprocal influence of concurrent walking and cognitive testing on performance in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-189

  Faulkner, Kimberly A ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^a   Rosano, Caterina ^a   Landsittel, Douglas P ^b   Studenski, Stephanie A ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^a   Zmuda, Joseph M ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^d   Newman, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Dual task; Gait; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

EID: 33748302803     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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