Mild cognitive impairment is associated with selected functional markers: Integrating concurrent, longitudinal, and stability effects

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-223

  Dolcos, Sanda ^a   MacDonald, Stuart W S ^b   Braslavsky, Anna ^b   Camicioli, Richard ^a   Dixon, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive status; Functional markers; Longitudinal; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAVEL; AGING; DISEASE COURSE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84863315105     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026760     Document Type: Article

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