Brain white matter hyperintensities, executive dysfunction, instability, and falls in older people: A prospective cohort study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1085-1091

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Balance; Cognition; Executive function; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84866097416     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls063     Document Type: Review

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