Effect of concurrent cognitive tasks on gait features among children post-severe traumatic brain injury and typically-developed controls

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 581-586

  Katz Leurer, Michal ^a,b   Rotem, Hemda ^b   Keren, Ofer ^a   Meyer, Shirley ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Alyn Orthopaedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Physically Handicapped Children Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concurrent tasks; gait characteristics; traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WALKING;

EID: 79955613680     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.572943     Document Type: Article

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