Separate physical tests of lower extremities and postural control are associated with cognitive impairment. Results from the general population study Good Aging in Skåne (GÅS-SNAC)

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-205

  Bramell Risberg, Eva ^a   Jarnlo, Gun Britt ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Movement speed; TUG; Walking

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG FRACTURE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING HABIT; STANDING; TIMED UP AND GO; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84871710540     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S31777     Document Type: Article

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