Gait performance is not influenced by working memory when walking at a self-selected pace

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 515-525

  Grubaugh, Jordan ^a   Rhea, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual tasking; Gait; Variability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SELF CONCEPT; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893853968     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3759-y     Document Type: Article

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