Impaired attentional processing as a risk factor for falls in older adults

Falls are a leading health care issue in our rapidly aging society. While impaired cognitive functioning has previously been linked to falls, my dissertation aims to understand the specific relationship between attentional processing and falls/falls risk. My dissertation is comprised of four separat...

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Main Author: Nagamatsu, Lindsay
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45071