Temporal relationship between handgrip strength and cognitive performance in oldest old people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 506-512

  Taekema, Diana G ^a,b   Ling, Carolina H Y ^a   Kurrle, Susan E ^c   Cameron, Ian D ^d   Meskers, Carel G M ^a   Blauw, Gerard J ^a,e   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   De craen, Anton J M ^a   Maier, Andrea B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Hornby Ku ring gai Hospital   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain ageing; Cognitive performance; Elderly; Epidemiology; Handgrip strength; Longitudinal cohort study; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864013130     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs013     Document Type: Article

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