Age-related deficits of dual-task walking: The role of foot vision

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-194

  Bock, Otmar ^a   Beurskens, Rainer ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Locomotion; Multitasking; Visuo spatial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL TASK WALKING; FEMALE; FOOT VISION; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 79951551913     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.10.095     Document Type: Article

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