Dual task cost of walking is related to fall risk in persons with multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 160-163

  Wajda, Douglas A ^a   Motl, Robert W ^a   Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive motor interference; Falls; Gait; Mobility; Multiple sclerosis; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE-MOTOR INTERFERENCE; FALLS; GAIT; MOBILITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WALKING;

EID: 84888129307     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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