'Faster counting while walking' as a predictor of falls in older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 418-423

  Beauchet, Olivier ^a,b   Dubost, Véronique ^a   Allali, Gilles ^b   Gonthier, Régis ^a   Hermann, François R ^b   Kressig, Reto W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Dual task; Falls; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

EID: 34547861609     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm011     Document Type: Article

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