Quantitative gait dysfunction and risk of cognitive decline and dementia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 929-935

  Verghese, Joe ^a   Wang, Cuiling ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^a   Holtzer, Roee ^b   Xue, Xiaonan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548190811     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.106914     Document Type: Article

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