Effects of explicit prioritization on dual task walking in patients with Parkinson's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 641-646

  Yogev Seligmann, Galit ^a,b   Rotem Galili, Yael ^c   Dickstein, Ruth ^c   Giladi, Nir ^a,b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL TASK PERFORMANCE; EXPLICIT TASK PRIORITIZATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84859217390     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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