The effect of dividing attention between walking and auxiliary tasks in people with Parkinson's disease

Human Movement Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-246

  Fok, Pamela ^a   Farrell, Michael ^a   McMeeken, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability management; Divided attention; Neurological disorders and Brain damage; Parkinson's disease; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAIT; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 84856588933     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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