Can methylphenidate reduce fall risk in community-living older adults? A double-blind, single-dose cross-over study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 695-700

  Ben Itzhak, Ron ^a,b   Giladi, Nir ^a,c   Gruendlinger, Leor ^a   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Falls; Gait variability; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTPATIENTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549131721     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01623.x     Document Type: Article

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