Interactive cognitive-motor step training improves cognitive risk factors of falling in older adults - A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Schoene, Daniel ^a,b   Valenzuela, Trinidad ^a,c   Toson, Barbara ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a   Severino, Connie ^a   Garcia, Jaime ^d   Davies, Thomas A ^a   Russell, Frances ^e   Smith, Stuart T ^a,f   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD FINIS TERRAE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALL RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE COGNITIVE MOTOR TRAINING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; FALLING; KINESIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 84956702152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145161     Document Type: Article

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