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Pawlaczyk NA, Milner R, Szmytke M, Kiljanek B, Bałaj B, Wypych A, Lewandowska M. Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy in Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Impairments Affects Gait Parameters in the Spatial Navigation Task. J Aging Phys Act 2024; 32:185-197. [PMID: 37989135 DOI: 10.1123/japa.2022-0335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Both navigation abilities and gait can be affected by the atrophy in the medial temporal cortex. This study aimed to determine whether navigation abilities could differentiate seniors with and without medial temporal lobe atrophy who complained about their cognitive status. The participants, classified to either the medial temporal atrophy group (n = 23) or the control group (n = 22) underwent neuropsychological assessment and performed a spatial navigation task while their gait parameters were recorded. The study showed no significant differences between the two groups in memory, fluency, and semantic knowledge or typical measures of navigating abilities. However, gait parameters, particularly the propulsion index during certain phases of the navigation task, distinguished between seniors with and without medial temporal lobe lesions. These findings suggest that the gait parameters in the navigation task may be a valuable tool for identifying seniors with cognitive complaints and subtle medial temporal atrophy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Natalia Anna Pawlaczyk
- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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- Center for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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Auditory event-related potentials in individuals with subjective and mild cognitive impairment. Behav Brain Res 2020; 391:112700. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Li S, Cao G, Deng Q, Zhu D, Yan F. Effect of Pushen capsule for treating vascular mild cognitive impairment: a pilot observational study. J Int Med Res 2019; 47:5483-5496. [PMID: 31407622 PMCID: PMC6862923 DOI: 10.1177/0300060519859766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Objective Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may be beneficial for vascular dementia (VaD). We evaluated the efficacy of Pushen capsule, a compound containing several TCM components, for treating vascular mild cognitive impairment (VaMCI). Methods Seventy outpatients with VaMCI were randomized to Pushen capsule or control treatment with Ginkgo biloba. Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Subjective Memory Loss Rating Scale scores; and lipid, lipoprotein, and haemorheological parameters were collected at baseline, week 4, and week 12 of treatment. Results MMSE score at week 12 was significantly higher in the treatment group compared with baseline (t = −2.352) but was not significantly different from week 12 in the control group. The MoCA score at week 12 was higher than that at baseline for both the treatment and control groups (t = −2.619 and −2.582, respectively), as was the “delayed recall” item score. Subjective memory loss score and the cognitive function “forgetting acquaintance's name” were significantly higher in the treatment group at week 12 than at baseline (t = −2.621 and χ2 = 4.419, respectively). Lipid, lipoprotein, and haemorheological parameters were significantly different after treatment in both groups. Conclusion The benefits of Pushen capsule on cognitive function in VaMCI were comparable with that of Ginkgo biloba.
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- Shuo Li
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing First hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Jeon DW, Ju HB, Jung DU, Kim SJ, Shim JC, Moon JJ, Kim YN. Usefulness of the University of California San Diego Performance-Based Skills Assessment for the evaluation of cognitive function and activities of daily living function in patients with cognitive impairment. Aging Ment Health 2019; 23:46-52. [PMID: 29068696 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2017.1393796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the usefulness of the University of California San Diego Performance-Based Skills Assessment (UPSA) as a new diagnostic method and tool for the assessment of cognitive function and activities of daily living function in patients with cognitive impairment. METHOD In total, 35 patients with cognitive impairment and 35 healthy controls were recruited for this study. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), and Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) were used for the evaluation of cognitive function, while the Barthel Activities of Daily Living Index (BADL), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Index (IADL), and UPSA were used for the evaluation of activities of daily living function. RESULTS UPSA scores were significantly lower in patients with cognitive impairment than in controls. The UPSA total score was significantly correlated with MMSE, CDR, GDS, and IADL scores. With regard to the detection of cognitive impairment, UPSA exhibited a greater determination power (R2 = 0.593) compared with BADL (R2 = 0.149) and IADL (R2 = 0.423) and higher sensitivity and specificity compared with IADL. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that UPSA is a useful tool for the evaluation of cognitive function and activities of daily living function in patients with cognitive impairment.
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- Dong-Wook Jeon
- a Department of Psychiatry , Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine , Busan , Korea
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine , Busan , Korea
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine , Busan , Korea
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine , Busan , Korea
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine , Busan , Korea
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine , Busan , Korea
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Volpi L, Pagni C, Radicchi C, Cintoli S, Miccoli M, Bonuccelli U, Tognoni G. Detecting cognitive impairment at the early stages: The challenge of first line assessment. J Neurol Sci 2017; 377:12-18. [PMID: 28477679 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Leda Volpi
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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Buckley R, Saling M, Ellis K, Rowe C, Maruff P, Macaulay LS, Martins R, Masters C, Savage G, Rainey-Smith S, Rembach A, Ames D. Self and informant memory concerns align in healthy memory complainers and in early stages of mild cognitive impairment but separate with increasing cognitive impairment. Age Ageing 2015; 44:1012-9. [PMID: 26452663 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Information provided by an informant about a patient with cognitive change is an essential component of clinical history taking. How an informant's report relates to the patient's phenomenological experience of memory loss is yet to be understood. The aim was to examine patterns of relationships between self and informant reports from a phenomenological perspective. METHODS Forty-three healthy non-memory complainers (HC-NMC), 37 healthy subjective memory complainers (HC-SMC) and 43 individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) were administered a semi-structured interview, which measured their concerns of frequency of memory lapses and impact on mood. Informants responded to questionnaires. RESULTS Self-reported concerns of increasing frequency and impacted mood related to informant concerns in HC-SMCs. MCI with lower informant concern showed a similar pattern to HC-SMCs on complaints of increasing frequency. In those with higher informant concern, self-reports markedly separated from informant concern. The MCI group with greater informant concern performed comparatively poor on verbal and non-verbal memory measures. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the association between self-reported and informant memory concerns is moderated by MCI severity. Self and informant reports of increasing memory lapse frequency aligned in HC-SMC and MCIs with low informant concern, suggesting a similar dyadic experience of memory change. In MCIs with greater informant concern, the pattern changed exposing a changing insight with advancing memory impairment. These individuals are potentially reflecting a 'forgetting that they forget' phenomenon in elements of their concern.
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- Rachel Buckley
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia Florey Institutes of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institutes of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institutes of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia The Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St Vincent's Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia The Department of Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization Food and Nutrition Flagship, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences and West Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Sir James McCusker Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Florey Institutes of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Sir James McCusker Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Florey Institutes of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia The Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St Vincent's Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Kim YO, Shim MS. Cognitive Functions, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Depression and Quality of Life in the Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.5932/jkphn.2015.29.2.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shin JH, Lim JY, Kim KW, Kim S, Lee J, Paik NJ. Functional and physical abilities in the early continuum of cognitive decline. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2015; 39:41-51. [PMID: 25342211 DOI: 10.1159/000366271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The early cognitive continuum has been emphasized recently. We sought to characterize the functional and physical aspects of the cognitive continuum in subjects with no cognitive impairment (NCI), subjective cognitive impairment (SCI), nonamnestic (NA-MCI), and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (A-MCI). Furthermore, we identified the potential diagnostic utility of specific functional tasks. METHODS A total of 702 participants, aged ≥65 years and defined as NCI, SCI, NA-MCI, and A-MCI according to the original Petersen criteria, were included. They completed the Korean basic (K-ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scales (K-IADL) and the Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA). RESULTS Significant differences were observed between the different cognitive status groups in three items and total scores on the K-ADL, six items and total scores on the K-IADL and POMA. Controlling for confounding factors revealed that subjects from the A-MCI group performed poorly at bathing, shopping, handling money, and the sum of assorted functional items. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrated the declining feature of functional and physical performance according to the cognitive continuum, with A-MCI being discriminative with respect to specific functional tasks as compared to milder cognitive statuses.
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- Joon-Ho Shin
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Choi SH, Park MH. Three screening methods for cognitive dysfunction using the Mini-Mental State Examination and Korean Dementia Screening Questionnaire. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2015; 16:252-8. [DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Seong Hye Choi
- Department of Neurology; Inha University College of Medicine; Incheon Korea
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- Department of Neurology; Korea University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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Umegaki H, Suzuki Y, Yanagawa M, Nonogaki Z, Nakashima H, Kuzuya M, Endo H. Cognitive impairments and functional declines in older adults at high risk for care needs. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2012; 13:77-82. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00864.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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