Limitations of the Oral Trail Making Test in a Mixed Sample of Older Individuals

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-142

  Ruchinskas, Robert A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORAL TRAIL MAKING TEST; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 0142147082     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.17.2.137.16498     Document Type: Article

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