Balance, attention, and dual-task performance during walking after brain Injury: Associations with falls history

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-163

  McCulloch, Karen L ^a   Buxton, Elizabeth ^b   Hackney, Jessica ^c   Lowers, Sean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Balance; Dual task performance; Falls risk

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL TASK PERFORMANCE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOUR SQUARE STEP TEST; HIGH LEVEL MOBILITY ASSESSMENT TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOSS ATTENTION RATING SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RATING SCALE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952559749     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181dc82e7     Document Type: Article

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