Dual-task-related gait changes in transitionally frail older adults: The type of the walking-associated cognitive task matters

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-52

  Beauchet, Olivier ^a,b   Dubost, Véronique ^b   Gonthier, Régis ^b   Kressig, Reto W ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Dual task; Gait stability, lateral; Older adults, transitionally frail

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10644238873     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081435     Document Type: Article

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