Does inability to allocate attention contribute to balance constraints during gait in older adults?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1364-1369

  Siu, Ka Chun ^a,c   Chou, Li Shan ^a   Mayr, Ulrich ^b   Van Donkelaar, Paul ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^a  

^a Department of Human Physiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 62149148092     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.12.1364     Document Type: Article

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