Attentional requirements of walking according to the gait phase and onset of auditory stimuli

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Abbud, G A C ^a   Li, K Z H ^a   DeMont, R G ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional influence on gait; Dual task costs; Electromyography; Motor control of gait; Phases of gait

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

EID: 67649486828     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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