Quantitative gait disturbances in older adults with cognitive impairments

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3165-3172

  Bridenbaugh, Stephanie A ^a   Kressig, Reto W ^a  

^a Felix Platter Spital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Dual task; Gait control; Gait deficits; Neuromotor control; Older adults; Quantitative gait analysis

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84897868103     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13816128113196660688     Document Type: Article

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