Tai Chi practitioners have better postural control and selective attention in stepping down with and without a concurrent auditory response task

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1939-1945

  Lu, Xi ^a   Siu, Ka Chun ^b   Fu, Siu N ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^c   Tsang, William W N ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory Stroop test; Dual task; Older adults; Postural stability; Stairs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROOP TEST; TAI CHI;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROOP TEST; TAI JI;

EID: 84880770084     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2624-9     Document Type: Article

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