Trail walking test for assessment of motor cognitive interference in older adults: Development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the procedure;Trail Walking Test zur Erfassung der motorisch-kognitiven Interferenz bei älteren Erwachsenen: Entwicklung und Überprüfung der psychometrischen Eigenschaften des Verfahrens

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 722-733

  Schott, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Dual task costs; Gait; Trail making test; Visuo spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 84948579002     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-015-0866-3     Document Type: Article

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