The interplay between gait, falls and cognition: can cognitive therapy reduce fall risk?
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The interplay between gait, falls and cognition: can cognitive therapy reduce fall risk?
In this article, we briefly summarize the incidence and significant consequences of falls among older adults, the insufficient effectiveness of commonly used multifactorial interventions and the evidence linking falls and cognitive function. Recent pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic studies that evaluated the effects of cognitive therapy on fall risk are reviewed. The results of this article il...
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1473-7175,1744-8360
DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.69