The Effects of Task Complexity on Brake Response Time Before and After Primary Right Total Knee Arthroplasty

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 851-855

  Marques, Carlos J ^a,b   Cabri, Jan ^a   Barreiros, João ^a   Carita, Ana I ^a   Friesecke, Christian ^b   Loehr, Jochen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b ENDO Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty, replacement, knee; Automobile driving; Movement; Reaction time; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42649086786     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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