Age-related effects on postural control under multi-task conditions

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-255

  Granacher, Urs ^a,b   Bridenbaugh, Stephanie A ^c   Muehlbauer, Thomas ^a   Wehrle, Anja ^c   Kressig, Reto W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance; Dual task; Gait; Multi task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COGNITIVE INTERFERENCE TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC POSTURAL CONTROL; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR INTERFERENCE TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDING; STATIC POSTURAL CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; GAIT; HUMANS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955475410     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322196     Document Type: Article

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