Walking speed, processing speed, and dementia: A population-based longitudinal study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1503-1510

  Welmer, Anna Karin ^a,b   Rizzuto, Debora ^a   Qiu, Chengxuan ^a   Caracciolo, Barbara ^a   Laukka, Erika J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Physical function; Processing speed; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84922482159     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu047     Document Type: Article

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