Age-related changes in postural control to the demands of a precision task

Human Movement Science

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-142

  Yeh, Ting Ting ^a,b,d   Cinelli, Michael E ^c   Lyons, James L ^d   Lee, Timothy D ^d  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Dual task; Postural control; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; COORDINATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SENSORY FEEDBACK; AGING; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940568929     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2015.08.021     Document Type: Article

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