Using a smartphone while walking: A measure of dual-tasking ability as a falls risk assessment tool

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 516-519

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Aoyama, Tomoki ^a   Okamoto, Kazuya ^a   Nagai, Koutatsu ^a   Tanaka, Buichi ^a   Takemura, Tadamasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79959555934     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr039     Document Type: Article

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