Variability in the foot-ground clearance and step timing of young and older men during single-task and dual-task treadmill walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-567

  Sparrow, William A ^a   Begg, Rezaul K ^a   Parker, Suzanne ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attention; Dual task; Foot ground clearance; Reaction time; Treadmill walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT GROUND CLEARANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREADMILL; VISUAL STIMULATION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52049124618     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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