The effect of instruction to synchronize over step frequency while walking with auditory cues on a treadmill

Human Movement Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-42

  Mendonça, Catarina ^a,b,c   Oliveira, Marta ^c,d   Fontes, Liliana ^c   Santos, Jorge ^c,e  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e Centro de Computação Gráfica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Frequency; Intention; Motor processes; Synchronization; Treadmill; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

FREQUENCY; INTENTION; MOTOR PROCESSES; SYNCHRONIZATION; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; EXERCISE TEST; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE; MUSIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 84892554140     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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