A comparison between young and old adults in their ability to rapidly sidestep during gait when attention is divided

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-127

  Cho, Chiung Yu ^a   Gilchrist, Louise ^b   White, Scott ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Gait in elderly; Sidestep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BODY POSITION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; WALKING;

EID: 43449107983     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118603     Document Type: Article

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