Cognitive abilities as predictors of safety to drive in people with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-128

  Lincoln, Nadina B ^a   Radford, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Driving; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; CAR DRIVING; DISABILITY; DRIVER LICENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SAFETY;

EID: 42149124914     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458507080467     Document Type: Article

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