Validation of the Executive Function Route-finding Task (EFRT) in people with mild cognitive impairment

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages S47-S52

  Kizony, Rachel ^a   Demayo Dayan, Tal ^b   Sinoff, Gary ^a   Josman, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b National Institute for Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured   (Israel)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Mild cognitive impairment; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898832504     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: 19382383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15394492-20101108-08     Document Type: Article

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