Involvement of specific executive functions in mobility in Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-128

  Smulders, Katrijn ^a,b   van Nimwegen, Marlies ^a   Munneke, Marten ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,c   Esselink, Rianne A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Executive function; Fluency; Gait; Mobility; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; POSTURAL INSTABILITY AND GAIT DISORDER SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84871500075     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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