Development of a clinical measure of dual-task performance in walking: Reliability and preliminary validity of the walking and remembering test

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  McCulloch, Karen L ^a   Mercer, Vicki ^a   Giuliani, Carol ^a   Marshall, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task conditions; Older adults; Reliability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIME; VALIDITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 64949112179     PISSN: 15398412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00139143-200932010-00002     Document Type: Article

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