Age-related changes in prefrontal activity during walking in dual-task situations: A fNIRS study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 122-128

  Beurskens, Rainer ^a   Helmich, Ingo ^a   Rein, Robert ^a   Bock, Otmar ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual task walking; Executive function; FNIRS; Locomotion; Neural activation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; VERBAL MEMORY; WALKING; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TRAIL MAKING TEST; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898686574     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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