Examining the effect of the relationship between falls and mild cognitive impairment on mobility and executive functions in community-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 590-593

  Davis, Jennifer C ^a   Best, John ^a,b   Hsu, Chun Liang ^a,b   Nagamatsu, Lindsay S ^c   Dao, Elizabeth ^a,b   Liu Ambrose, Teresa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIGITS BACKWARD AND FORWARD TEST; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY TEST; STROOP TEST; TIMED UP AND TEST; DEMOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84925236381     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13290     Document Type: Letter

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