The influence of an auditory-memory attention-demanding task on postural control in blind persons

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 358-362

  Melzer, Itshak ^a   Damry, Elad ^a   Landau, Anat ^a   Yagev, Ronit ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Auditory attention demanding task; Blindness; Center of Pressure; Postural control; Upright standing

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; CENTER OF PRESSURE; POSTURAL CONTROL; UPRIGHT STANDING;

EYE PROTECTION;

CONTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BLINDNESS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EYELID CLOSURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 79953277023     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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