Stride-to-stride variability while enumerating animal names among healthy young adults: Result of stride velocity or effect of attention-demanding task?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-143

  Dubost, Véronique ^a,b   Annweiler, Cédric ^a,b   Aminian, Kamiar ^d   Najafi, Bijan ^d   Herrmann, François R ^c   Beauchet, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dual task; Stride velocity; Stride to stride variability; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DUAL TASK CONDITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STRIDE VELOCITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

EID: 37049018203     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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