Evaluation of the performance of normal elderly in a limb praxis protocol: Influence of age, gender, and education

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 618-622

  Rodrigues Cavalcante, Karla ^a,b   Caramelli, Paulo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Apraxia; Education; Evaluation studies; Gestures; Psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGE; APRAXIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LIMB; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APRAXIAS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349431292     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709090663     Document Type: Article

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