Effects of once weekly dual-task training in older adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 622-629

  Plummer D'Amato, Prudence ^a   Cohen, Zachary ^a   Daee, Nadia A ^a   Lawson, Sarah E ^a   Lizotte, Marissa R ^a   Padilla, Anna ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dual task; Gait; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL TASK TRAINING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE TASK TRAINING; SPEECH; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866750433     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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