Interaction of age, cognitive function, and gait performance in 50-80-year-olds

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  LaRoche, Dain P ^a   Greenleaf, Brittnee L ^a   Croce, Ronald V ^a   McGaughy, Jill A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual task; Elderly; Executive function; Falling; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOUBLE LIMB SUPPORT TIME; DUAL TASK WALKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIOLATERAL INSTABILITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SINGLE LIMB SUPPORT TIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIDE TIME; TREADMILL; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; AGING; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WALKING;

EID: 84904844056     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9693-5     Document Type: Article

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