Effects of Cognitive Challenge on Gait Variability in Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Balash, Jackov ^a   Giladi, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Dual tasking; Dynamics; Falls; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMICS; FALLING; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME; WALKING;

AGED; COGNITION; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0038345003     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988702250580     Document Type: Article

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