Motor slowing precedes cognitive impairment in the oldest old

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1496-1498

  Camicioli, Richard ^a,b   Howieson, D ^a   Oken, B ^a   Sexton, G ^a   Kaye, J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FINGER; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0031866440     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.5.1496     Document Type: Article

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