Dual-task gait performance among community-dwelling senior women: The role of balance confidence and executive functions

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 975-982

  Liu Ambrose, Teresa ^a,b   Katarynych, Lindsay A ^a   Ashe, Maureen C ^a,b   Nagamatsu, Lindsay S ^a,b   Chun, Liang Hsu ^a  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance confidence; Dual task gait performance; Executive functions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949094547     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp063     Document Type: Article

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