Motor impairment predicts falls in specialized Alzheimer care units

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 214-218

  Camicioli, Richard ^a   Licis, Lisa ^a  

^a GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extra pyramidal signs; Falls; Gait; Motor impairment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11344267235     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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