Cognitive load affects lower limb force-time relations during voluntary rapid stepping in healthy old and young adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-406

  Melzer, Itshak ^a   Liebermann, D G ^b   Krasovsky, T ^c   Oddsson, Lars I E ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Dual task; Falls; Step response time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77950467116     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp185     Document Type: Article

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