OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact white matter hyperintensities (WMH) detected on magnetic resonance imaging have on motor dysfunction and cognitive impairment in elderly subjects without dementia. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Population-based study on the incidence and prevalence of cognitive impairment in Olmsted County, Minnesota. PARTICIPANTS A total of 148 elderly subjects...

The physical activities of daily living are a final outcome of many functions and dependent on many factors. This study was aimed at exploring the relationships of motor function, dementia, education, age, and cognitive function to the physical activities of daily living in 67 elderly people residing in an institution in Taegu, Korea. Their mean ( +/- SD) age was 75.6 +/- 8.1 and 24 (35.8%) wer...

In recent years, the mobility sector is undergoing a revolution, which resulting also into worldwide spread of light electric vehicles, such as scooters and bicycles. The increasing public concern about environmental problems further feeds this revolution. Electric-bicycles (or e-bikes) are new trend fits different riders’ needs. fact, they offer extended range ease use, allowing riders to trav...

in recent years, researchers have become interested in examining the effect of pettlep imagery on motor performance and how pettlep imagery can improve the performance. the aim of this study was to compare the effect of pettlep imagery and balance practice on dynamic balance in the elderly. participants were 42 male elderly in arak city. they were divided into 4 groups based on the scores of dy...

Parkinsonism in the elderly presents a major risk factor for recurrent falls (2 and more per year), which is associated with increased morbidity. The main objective was to investigate explanatory variables relating of being fallers (RF) persons parkinsonian gait. Seventy-nine among 172 eligible were enrolled this prospective study, findings analyzed at 12 months. Motor non-motor features, as we...

background: the health of elderly population in the world has been an important issue in recent century and the use of appropriate or inappropriate medications is challenging among them. the purpose of this study was to assess the pattern of medication in elderly population in amirkola, northern of iran. methods: this study was conducted on 1534 elderly subjects who participated in amirkola hea...

background: a good proportion of poisoned patients treated at poisoning wards are elderly. this study was designed to evaluate the epidemiologic pattern of acute poisoning in elderly in hamadan, western iran. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, poisoned patients aged 60 years and older treated at department of poisoning of farshchian hospital from march 2008 to march 2013 were...

The overall goal of the Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Brain Infarcts, and Cognitive and Motor Decline in Aging study is to test the hypothesis that antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are associated with an increased risk of pathologically proven brain infarcts and are related to cognitive and motor decline in aging. Putative biologic mechanisms underlying the association of aPL with infarcts and ...

There are few data available on the prevalence of hyperuricemia among elderly and its possible association with metabolic syndrome (MetS) so the aim of this study was to assess prevalence of hyperuricemia among hospitalized elderly patients as well as to assess its association with MetS. Cross sectional data from 200 hospitalized elderly patients were analyzed and the results were as follows: t...