Music and metronome cues produce different effects on gait spatiotemporal measures but not gait variability in healthy older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-222

  Wittwer, Joanne E ^a   Webster, Kate E ^a   Hill, Keith ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Allied Health Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic stimulation; Gait; Human locomotion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872687621     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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