Cognitive and mobility profile of older social dancers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1241-1244

  Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Cognition; Dance; Elderly; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; EDUCATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANCING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW YORK; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33746754734     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00808.x     Document Type: Review

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