## Abstract ## Objective To determine whether cognitive tests predict fitness to drive in patients with dementia. ## Design Two group comparison of patients with dementia and healthy elderly volunteers, and comparison of patients with dementia who were found safe to drive and those found unsafe,
Predictors of fitness to drive in people with Parkinson disease
β Scribed by Devos, H.; Vandenberghe, W.; Nieuwboer, A.; Tant, M.; Baten, G.; De Weerdt, W.
- Book ID
- 111986377
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 315 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3878
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