Poor trail making test performance is directly associated with altered dual task prioritization in the elderly - baseline results from the trend study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hobert, Markus A ^a,b   Niebler, Raphael ^c   Meyer, Sinja I ^a,b   Brockmann, Kathrin ^a,b   Becker, Clemens ^d   Huber, Heiko ^a,b   Gaenslen, Alexandra ^a,b   Godau, Jana ^a,b   Eschweiler, Gerhard W ^c   Berg, Daniela ^a,b   Maetzler, Walter ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREND STUDY; WALKING SPEED; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRAIL MAKING TEST; WALKING;

EID: 81155137328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027831     Document Type: Article

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