Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-7-2020
Abstract
Affordable, noninvasive methods of predicting functional decline are needed for individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. This study tested whether a timed upper-extremity motor task predicted functional decline over one year in 79 adults diagnosed with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Participants completed subjective and objective measures of daily functioning at baseline and one year later. Motor task performance and delayed memory were also evaluated at baseline. Motor task performance was a significant predictor of one-year follow-up daily functioning, improving model fits by 18– 35%. Thus, motor behavior has potential to be an affordable enrichment strategy that is sensitive to functional decline.
Recommended Citation
Schaefer SY, Hooyman A, Duff K, Hackney M. Using a Timed Motor Task to Predict One-Year Functional Decline in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2020;77(1):53-58. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200518
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
IOS Press
Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, volume 77, issue 1, in 2020 following peer review. This article may not exactly replicate the final published version. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200518