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Motor/psychomotor dysfunction in normal aging, mild cognitive decline, and early Alzheimer's disease: diagnostic and differential diagnostic features
Author(s)	Alan Kluger, John G Gianutsos, James Golomb
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 9, supplement 1, 1997
Pages	pp 307-316
Keywords	Dementia ; Mobility ; Evaluation ; Diagnosis ; United States of America.
Annotation	To determine the relationship between cognitive dysfunction and motor behaviour in older adults, 41 cognitively normal older people, 25 non-demented patients exhibiting mild cognitive impairment (MI) and at risk for future decline to dementia, and 25 patients with early Alzheimer's disease (AD) were examined using a wide array of motor/psychomotor and cognitive assessments. The outcome measures included 16 motor/psychomotor tests categorised into gross, fine, and complex, as well as eight cognitive tests of memory and language. Relative to the NL group, MI individuals performed poorly in cognitive, fine, a dn complex motor measures but not on gross motor tests; AD patients performed worse on cognitive and all motor domains. The results indicate that motor impairment is an important aspect of cognitive decline in older adults. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-981001238 A
Classmark	EA: C4: 4C: LK7: 7T
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