Why stroke patients stop walking when talking [11]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1691-

  Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a   Van Swigchem, Roos ^a   Van Duijnhoven, Hanneke J R ^a   Geurts, Alexander C H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ETHICS; GAIT; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL TASK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

AGED; ATTENTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34848837685     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01365.x     Document Type: Letter

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