JAMDA
February 19, 2024
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JAMDA
January 30, 2024
Presymptomatic Profiles of Cognitive Impairment with Prior Mobility Impairment
To identify cognitive and health profiles of cognitively impaired older adults with the presence of prior mobility impairment, which may represent a specific pathway to the development of cognitive impairment or dementia.
JAMDA
December 20, 2023
Associations Between Eating, Mobility, and Toileting Functional Dependence and COVID-19 Symptoms
The first goal of this study was to explore associations between functional dependence levels during activities of daily living (eg, functional mobility, eating, and toileting) before COVID-19 and presence of COVID-19 symptoms (eg, fever, dehydration, lethargy, and shortness of breath) during illness. The ...
JAMDA
June 28, 2023
Balance Confidence Modulates the Association of Gait Speed With Falls in Older Fallers: A Prospective Cohort Study
Self-perceived balance confidence (BC) and gait speed influence falls. Whether they modulate each other in fall prediction stays uncertain. This study examined whether and how BC modulated the association between gait speed and falls.
JAMDA
February 20, 2023
Exercise Guidelines to Counteract Physical Deconditioning in Long-Term Care Facilities: What to Do and How to Do It?
With age, older adults experience a decrease in muscle function and changes in body composition, which raise the risk of functional incapacity and loss of autonomy. These declines are more pronounced in older adults living in long-term care (LTC) facilities than those living in the community (ie, sarcopeni...
JAMDA
September 1, 2022
Association of Cognitive Impairment With Rate of Functional Gain Among Older Adults With Stroke
This study explored the association between cognitive impairment at admission with self-care and mobility gain rate (amount of change per week) during a post-acute care stay (admission to discharge) for older adults with stroke.
JAMDA
May 28, 2022
Dose-Response Relationship Between Life-Space Mobility and Mortality in Older Japanese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study
Some epidemiological studies of older American adults have reported a relationship between life-space mobility (LSM) and mortality. However, these studies did not show a dose-response relationship and did not include individuals from other countries. Therefore, we evaluated the dose-response relationship b...
JAMDA
March 11, 2022
Characterizing Standardized Functional Data at Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 mandates using standardized patient functional data across post-acute settings. This study characterized similarities and differences in clinician-observed scores of self-care and transfer items for the standardized section GG functional dom...
JAMDA
February 18, 2022
Impact of Sarcopenia and Obesity on Gait Speed After Total Knee Replacement
Older adults with sarcopenic obesity have a higher risk of experiencing mobility difficulty. Additionally, sarcopenia and obesity are closely associated with knee osteoarthritis. This study investigated the associations of sarcopenia, obesity, and in combination of both with walking disability during posto...
JAMDA
August 30, 2021
