Older adults with and without stroke reduce cadence to meet the demands of talking

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-40

  Pohl, Patricia S ^a   Kemper, Susan ^b   Siengsukon, Catherine F ^a   Boyd, Lara ^c   Vidoni, Eric ^a   Herman, Ruth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dual task; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; SPEECH; STROKE; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH; STROKE; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 79955103791     PISSN: 15398412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JPT.0b013e31820aa8e6     Document Type: Article

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