Association Between Late-Life Social Activity and Motor Decline in Older Adults | Zendy

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Association Between Late-Life Social Activity and Motor Decline in Older Adults

Author(s) -

Aron S. Buchman,

Patricia A. Boyle,

R. J. Wilson,

Debra Fleischman,

Sue E. Leurgans,

David A. Bennett

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.135

Subject(s) - confidence interval , cohort , motor function , psychology , ageing , demography , gerontology , generalized estimating equation , cohort study , dementia , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , disease , statistics , sociology , mathematics

Loss of motor function is a common consequence of aging, but little is known about the factors that predict idiopathic motor decline. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that late-life social activity is related to the rate of change in motor function in old age.

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