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Executive Control Deficits as a Prodrome to Falls in Healthy Older Adults: A Prospective Study Linking Thinking, Walking, and Falling
BACKGROUND. Executive function (EF) deficits may increase fall risk, even among older adults with no overt cognitive impairment. Indeed, the effects of dual tasking (DT) on gait, a challenge to executive control, are more exaggerated in persons with a history of falls. Prospective evidence is, howev...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949331/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20484336 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glq077 |
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