Fear of falling and falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimers disease

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 312-321

  Borges, Sheila De Melo ^a   Radanovic, Márcia ^a   Forlenza, Orestes Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; falls; fear of falling; mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84924018978     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2014.933770     Document Type: Article

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