Effects of dual-tasking on control of trunk movement during gait: Respective effect of manual- and cognitive-task

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-59

  Asai, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Misu, Shogo ^c   Doi, Takehiko ^d   Yamada, Minoru ^e   Ando, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER WEST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive task; Dual task gait; Fear of falling; Manual task; Trunk movements

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITION; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORSO;

EID: 84888302847     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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