The role of higher-level cognitive function in gait: Executive dysfunction contributes to fall risk in Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-137

  Sheridan, Pamela L ^a,b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Attention; Cognition; Executive function; Gait; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIAS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX; WALKING;

EID: 34447635411     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105126     Document Type: Article

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