Single and dual task tests of gait speed are equivalent in the prediction of falls in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-104

  Menant, Jasmine C ^a,b   Schoene, Daniel ^a,b   Sarofim, Mina ^c   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Cognition; Dual task paradigm; Gait speed; Older people; Prediction

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DATA EXTRACTION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); FALLING; GAIT; GAIT SPEED; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE TASK TEST; SPEECH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VELOCITY; WALKING; AGE; AGED; AGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84903788910     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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