The effects of a concurrent motor task on walking in Alzheimer's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 291-296

  Wittwer, Joanne E ^a   Webster, Kate E ^a   Hill, Keith ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; ATTENTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84888287630     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.07.126     Document Type: Article

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