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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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Hauptverfasser: Herman, Talia, Mirelman, Anat, Giladi, Nir, Schweiger, Avraham, Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2010
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Online Zugang: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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