Effect of psychoactive medication on gait variability in community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1207-1208

  Poujol, Laurent ^a   Annweiler, Cédric ^a   Allali, Gilles ^b   Fantino, Bruno ^a   Beauchet, Olivier ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ATTENTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE TEST; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAIT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECTS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 77953091830     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02896.x     Document Type: Letter

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