Brain aging and gait

Aging Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Srikanth, Velandai ^a,b   Sanders, Lauren ^a   Callisaya, Michele ^b   Martin, Kara ^b   Phan, Thanh ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Brain imaging; Falls; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGING; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; FALLING; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 77949634776     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.09.79     Document Type: Review

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