Motor cognitive dual tasking: Early detection of gait impairment, fall risk and cognitive decline;Motorisch-kognitive Doppelaufgaben: Früherkennung von Gangdefiziten, Sturzrisiko und kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-21

  Bridenbaugh, Stephanie A ^a   Kressig, Reto W ^a  

^a Felix Platter Spital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognition; Falls; Gait; Geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; COMPLICATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922294263     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-014-0845-0     Document Type: Article

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