Executive function predicts risk of falls in older adults without balance impairment

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Buracchio, Teresa J ^a,b   Mattek, Nora C ^a,c   Dodge, Hiroko H ^a,c   Hayes, Tamara L ^c,d   Pavel, Misha ^c,d   Howieson, Diane B ^a   Kaye, Jeffrey A ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80655139164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-74     Document Type: Article

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