White matter hyperintensities are an independent predictor of physical decline in community-dwelling older people

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 398-406

  Zheng, Jacqueline J J ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder ^c,d   Wen, Wei ^c,d   Brodaty, Henry ^a,d   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Balance; Executive function; Magnetic resonance imaging; Older people; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84865692355     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337815     Document Type: Article

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