Interest of dual-task-related gait changes in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1081-1084

  Armand, S ^a   Allet, L ^a   Landis, T ^a   Beauchet, O ^b   Assal, F ^a   Allali, G ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid tapping; Dual tasking; Executive function; Gait disorders; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIDE LENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; WALKING;

EID: 79960322814     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03242.x     Document Type: Article

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