Impact of the combination of cognitive and balance training on gait, fear and risk of falling and quality of life in seniors with mild cognitive impairment

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1043-1050

  Hagovská, Magdaléna ^a   Olekszyová, Zuzana ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Highly Specialized Professional Institute of Geriatrics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

balance; elderly; falling; fear

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE TRAINING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE TRAINING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE 1; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTI DIRECTIONAL REACH TEST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SOFTWARE; STATIC EXERCISE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING SPEED; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84984985083     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12593     Document Type: Article

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