Executive Function and Type 2 Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 454-462

  Rucker, Jason L ^a   McDowd, Joan M ^b   Kluding, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84859207520     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100397     Document Type: Article

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