Predicting Cognitive Function from Clinical Measures of Physical Function and Health Status in Older Adults

Current research suggests that the neuropathology of dementia-including brain changes leading to memory impairment and cognitive decline-is evident years before the onset of this disease. Older adults with cognitive decline have reduced functional independence and quality of life, and are at greater...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0119075
Main Authors:	Bolandzadeh, Niousha, Kording, Konrad, Salowitz, Nicole, Davis, Jennifer C., Hsu, Liang, Chan, Alison, Sharma, Devika, Blohm, Gunnar, Liu-Ambrose, Teresa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 03.03.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Activities of Daily Living - psychology Adults Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Alzheimer's disease Bioindicators Biomarkers Biomarkers - analysis Body composition Brain Brain research Cognition & reasoning Cognition - physiology Cognitive ability Dementia Dementia - diagnosis Dementia - physiopathology Dementia - psychology Dementia disorders Development and progression Epidemiology Exercise Female Geriatric Assessment - methods Geriatric Assessment - statistics & numerical data Health Status Humans Independent Living Laboratories Male Medical research Memory Models, Statistical Neurosciences Older people Physical therapy Population Predictions Public health Quality of life Quality of Life - psychology Regression Analysis Regression models Risk Factors Womens health Vancouver British Columbia Canada Canada United States > US
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!