Impact of white matter lesions on physical functioning and fall risk in older people: A systematic review

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2086-2090

  Zheng, Jacqueline J J ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,c   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged and accidental falls; brain; gait; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); physical function; white matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGING; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALL RISK; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RISK;

EID: 79959979240     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.610360     Document Type: Review

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