Walking while talking: Investigation of alternate forms

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-166

  Brandler, Tamar C ^a   Oh Park, Mooyeon ^a   Wang, Cuiling ^a   Holtzer, Roee ^b   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate forms; Dual task; Elderly; Practice effects; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WALKING;

AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH; WALKING;

EID: 84855977658     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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