Dual-tasking and gait in people with mild cognitive impairment. the effect of working memory

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Montero Odasso, Manuel ^a,b,f   Bergman, Howard ^c,f   Phillips, Natalie A ^d   Wong, Chek H ^e,f   Sourial, Nadia ^c,f   Chertkow, Howard ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 70349339155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-41     Document Type: Article

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