How to manage gait and balance disorders among older adults aged 65 years and older with mild to moderate dementia in clinical practice?;Troubles de la marche et de l'équilibre de la personne âgée de 65 ans et plus ayant une démence légère à modérée : Quelle prise en charge en pratique courante?

Geriatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-276

  De Decker, Laure ^a   Annweiler, Cédric ^b   Yvain, Fabienne ^c   Leroux, Philippe ^c   Lermite, Pierre ^d   Berrut, Gilles ^a   Hily, Sylvie ^c   Beauchet, Olivier ^b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Régional de Saint Nazaire   (France)

^d Service de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Dementia; Gait; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FRANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FRANCE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 80052634395     PISSN: 21158789     EISSN: 21157863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/pnv.2011.0291     Document Type: Article

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