Dual tasking affects lateral trunk control in healthy younger and older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 830-836

  Asai, Tsuyoshi ^a,d   Doi, Takehiko ^b   Hirata, Soichiro ^c,e   Ando, Hiroshi ^d  

^a KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Saijoucho   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Dual task gait; Lateral control; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

ACCELEROMETER; DUAL-TASK GAIT; LATERAL CONTROL; TRUNK;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884973690     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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