The dynamic relationship between cognitive function and walking speed: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Gale, Catharine R ^a,b,c   Allerhand, Michael ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^b   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive function; Cohort studies; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; VERBAL MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING SPEED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 84905961190     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9682-8     Document Type: Article

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