Association between Vestibular and Cognitive Function in U.S. Adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 243-250

  Semenov, Yevgeniy R ^a   Bigelow, Robin T ^a   Xue, Qian Li ^b,c   Lac, Sascha Du ^a,b   Agrawal, Yuri ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Cognition; Cognitive Aging; Falls; Functional Performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POSTURAL BALANCE; UNITED STATES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84961588728     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv069     Document Type: Article

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