Dual-task walk is a reliable predictor of falls in robust elderly adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-164

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Aoyama, Tomoki ^a   Arai, Hidenori ^a   Nagai, Kotatsu ^a   Tanaka, Buichi ^a   Uemura, Kazuki ^a   Mori, Shuhei ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; WALKING;

EID: 78651403412     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03206.x     Document Type: Letter

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