The dynamic relationship between physical function and cognition in longitudinal aging cohorts

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-50

  Clouston, Sean A P ^a,b   Brewster, Paul ^a   Kuh, Diana ^b,c   Richards, Marcus ^b,c   Cooper, Rachel ^b,c   Hardy, Rebecca ^b,c   Rubin, Marcie S ^d   Hofer, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognition; correlated change; longitudinal analysis; meta analysis; physical functioning; systematic review

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WALKING SPEED; COGNITIVE AGING; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; COHORT STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WALKING;

EID: 84874456065     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxs004     Document Type: Article

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