Association between dual task-related decrease in walking speed and real versus imagined Timed Up and Go test performance

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-289

  Bridenbaugh, Stephanie A ^a   Beauchet, Olivier ^b   Annweiler, Cédric ^b   Allali, Gilles ^c   Herrmann, François ^c   Kressig, Reto W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dual task; Imagined Timed Up and Go; Motor imagery; Older adults; Real Timed Up and Go; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONICS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; IMAGINATION; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84886686313     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-013-0046-5     Document Type: Article

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