Impact of impaired executive function on gait stability

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-369

  Allali, Gilles ^a   Assal, Frederic ^a   Kressig, Reto W ^a,b   Dubost, Veronique ^c   Herrmann, Francois R ^a   Beauchet, Olivier ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^c Formadep   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Dementia; Executive function; Gait disorder

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; IMPAIRED EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 53549105818     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000162358     Document Type: Article

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