The effects of dual tasking on handwriting in patients with Parkinson's disease

Neuroscience

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-202

  Broeder, S ^a   Nackaerts, E ^a   Nieuwboer, A ^a   Smits Engelsman, B C M ^a   Swinnen, S P ^a   Heremans, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dual tasking; Handwriting; Micrographia; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSGRAPHIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURDUE PEGBOARD TEST; SYSTEMATIC SCREENING OF HANDWRITING DIFFICULTIES TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

DUAL TASKING; HANDWRITING; MICROGRAPHIA; PARKINSON'S DISEASE;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84896702609     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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