How does explicit prioritization alter walking during dual-task performance? Effects of age and sex on gait speed and variability

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-186

  Yogev Seligmann, Galit ^a,b   Rotem Galili, Yael ^c,d   Mirelman, Anat ^b   Dickstein, Ruth ^c   Giladi, Nir ^b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349094933     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090043     Document Type: Article

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