Aging effects on visual reaction time in a single task condition and when treadmill walking

Motor Control

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-211

  Sparrow, William A ^a   Begg, Rezaul K ^b   Parker, Suzanne ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Dual task; Reaction time; Treadmill walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STANDING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 33750204138     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.10.3.201     Document Type: Article

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