Depressive symptoms and gait dysfunction in the elderly

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-432

  Brandler, Tamar C ^a   Wang, Cuiling ^b   Oh Park, Mooyeon ^a   Holtzer, Roee ^c   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Elderly; Epidemiology; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84860225658     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31821181c6     Document Type: Article

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