Dual-tasking effects on gait variability: The role of aging, falls, and executive function

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 950-957

  Springer, Shmuel ^a,b   Giladi, Nir ^a,b   Peretz, Chava ^a,b   Yogev, Galit ^a,b   Simon, Ely S ^c   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NeuroTrax Corporation   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual task; Executive function; Falls; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MEMORY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33745823777     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20848     Document Type: Article

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