Test-retest reliability of spatial and temporal gait parameters of people with Alzheimer's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 392-396

  Wittwer, Joanne E ^a   Webster, Kate E ^a   Andrews, Peta T ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Gait; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM DETECTABLE CHANGE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL GAIT; TEMPORAL GAIT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VELOCITY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 54049105326     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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