Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychological and temporal/spatial gait characteristics of elderly fallers: Taking it all in stride

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  MacAulay, Rebecca K ^a,b   Allaire, Ted D ^b   Brouillette, Robert M ^b   Foil, Heather C ^b   Bruce Keller, Annadora J ^b   Han, Hongmei ^b   Johnson, William D ^b   Keller, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Falls; Gait; Longitudinal; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; STRENGTH; WALKING;

EID: 84924629658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00034     Document Type: Article

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