Talking while walking: The effect of a dual task in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 955-958

  Camicioli, Richard ^a,c   Howieson, Diane ^a,b   Lehman, Suzanne ^b   Kaye, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0030938036     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.4.955     Document Type: Article

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