Dual-task effects of spontaneous speech and executive function on gait in aging: Exaggerated effects in slow walkers

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-237

  Plummer D'Amato, Prudence ^a   Altmann, Lori J P ^b   Reilly, Kevin ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dual task; Gait; Older adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPEECH; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951553007     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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