Executive function and falls in older adults: New findings from a five-year prospective study link fall risk to cognition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Mirelman, Anat ^a,b   Herman, Talia ^a   Brozgol, Marina ^a   Dorfman, Moran ^a   Sprecher, Elliot ^a   Schweiger, Avraham ^d   Giladi, Nir ^a,c   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,c,e  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863100342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040297     Document Type: Article

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