Can people with Parkinson's disease improve dual tasking when walking?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-233

  Brauer, Sandra G ^a   Morris, Meg E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Dual task; Gait disorders; Parkinson's disease; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSFERENCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 74449092159     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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