Dual-task training on a treadmill to improve gait and cognitive function in elderly idiopathic fallers

Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 246-253

  Dorfman, Moran ^a,b   Herman, Talia ^a   Brozgol, Marina ^a   Shema, Shirley ^a   Weiss, Aner ^a   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,c,d   Mirelman, Anat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task; Falls; Gait; Idiopathic fallers; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WALKING;

EID: 84913589838     PISSN: 15570576     EISSN: 15570584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000057     Document Type: Article

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