The Relationship Between Specific Cognitive Functions and Falls in Aging

Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 540-548

  Holtzer, Roee ^a   Friedman, Rachel ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^a   Katz, Mindy ^a   Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognition; falls

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34748853682     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.5.540     Document Type: Article

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