Age-associated effects of a concurrent cognitive task on gait speed and stability during narrow-base walking

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1329-1334

  Kelly, Valerie E ^a   Schrager, Matthew A ^b   Price, Robert ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Shumway Cook, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual task; Falls; Frontal plane stability; Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 62149124005     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.12.1329     Document Type: Article

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