Community-dwelling people with chronic stroke need disproportionate attention while walking and negotiating obstacles

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-132

  Smulders, Katrijn ^a,b   van Swigchem, Roos ^a   de Swart, Bert J M ^a,b   Geurts, Alexander C H ^a,c   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dual task; Executive function; Gait; Obstacle avoidance; Posture first; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84861979029     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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