Performance variance on walking while talking tasks: Theory, findings, and clinical implications

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 373-381

  Holtzer, Roee ^a,b   Wang, Cuiling ^b   Verghese, Joe ^a,b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task; Executive functions; Gait; Postural reserve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMPIRICISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GAIT SPEED; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POSTURAL RESERVE; SPEECH; STATISTICS; TALKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY CONSTRUCTION; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84899122941     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9570-7     Document Type: Article

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