Subcortical vascular lesions and functional recovery in older patients with gait disorders

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-96

  Guerini, Fabio ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni Battista ^b   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^c  

^a Ancelle della Carita Hospital   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; GD in elderly; SVLs

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCORTICAL VASCULAR LESION; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247477330     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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