A longitudinal study of measures of walking in people with Alzheimer's Disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Wittwer, Joanne E ^a   Webster, Kate E ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Biomechanics; Dementia; Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 77955686261     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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