Mild physical impairment predicts future diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer's type

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1055-1059

  Wilkins, Consuelo H ^a   Roe, Catherine M ^a   Morris, John C ^a   Galvin, James E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia of Alzheimer's type; frailty; physical performance; predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE TEST; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

DEMENTIA OF ALZHEIMER'S TYPE; FRAILTY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880321257     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12255     Document Type: Article

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