Lower gait speed in older women with dementia compared with controls

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 298-305

  Bramell Risberg, E ^a,b   Jarnlo, G B ^a   Minthon, L ^b   Elmstahl S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Functional tests; Gait speed; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUPINE POSITION; WALKING;

EID: 26644462639     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088335     Document Type: Article

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