Low cognitive status is associated with a lower ability to maintain standing balance in elderly outpatients

Gerontology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-130

  Stijntjes, Marjon ^a,b,c   Pasma, Jantsje H ^a   Van Vuuren, Marjet ^a   Blauw, Gerard Jan ^a,d   Meskers, Carel G M ^c   Maier, Andrea B ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Center of pressure movement; Cognitive status; Elderly outpatients; Standing balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LOW COGNITIVE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STANDING; STANDING BALANCE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL CAPACITY; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924106415     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000364916     Document Type: Article

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