Association between high variability of gait speed and mild cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional pilot study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1973-1974

  Beauchet, Olivier ^a   Allali, Gilles ^b   Thiery, Samuel ^a   Gautier, Jennifer ^a   Fantino, Bruno ^a   Annweiler, Cédric ^a  

^a University Memory   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT APRAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80054827098     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03610_9.x     Document Type: Letter

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