Enhanced somatosensory feedback reduces prefrontal cortical activity during walking in older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1422-1428

  Clark, David J ^a,b   Christou, Evangelos A ^b   Ring, Sarah A ^a   Williamson, John B ^a,b   Doty, Leilani ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Somatosensory disorders; Spectroscopy, near infrared; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SHOE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHOES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; WALKING;

EID: 84911165202     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu125     Document Type: Article

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