Assessment of dual tasking has no clinical value for fall prediction in Parkinson's disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1840-1847

  Smulders, Katrijn ^a,b   Esselink, Rianne A J ^a   Weiss, Aner ^c   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,d   Geurts, Alexander C H ^a,e   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dual task; Executive function; Falls; Gait; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867336817     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6419-4     Document Type: Article

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