Improving motor control in walking: A randomized clinical trial in older adults with subclinical walking difficulty

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 388-394

  Brach, Jennifer S ^a   Lowry, Kristin ^b   Perera, Subashan ^c   Hornyak, Victoria ^a   Wert, David ^a   Studenski, Stephanie A ^d   Vanswearingen, Jessie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Gait; Motor control; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREADMILL; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; WARM UP; KINESIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR SKILLS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84924127273     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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