Effects of balance status and age on muscle activation while walking under divided attention

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Fraser, Sarah A ^a   Li, Karen Z H ^a   DeMont, Richard G ^a   Penhune, Virginia B ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BALANCE DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; VOCALIZATION; WALKING;

EID: 34248645708     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.3.P171     Document Type: Article

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