Motor performance deteriorates with simultaneously performed cognitive tasks in geriatric patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-223

  Hauer, Klaus ^a   Marburger, Christian ^a   Oster, Peter ^a  

^a Bethanien Krankenhauses Geriatrisches Zentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Dementia; Geriatrics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FALLING; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036163947     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.29613     Document Type: Article

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