Open AccessMotoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and the Risk of Dementia
Author(s) -
Joe Verghese,
C. Wang,
Richard B. Lipton,
Roee Holtzer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/gls191
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , hazard ratio , cognition , vascular dementia , confounding , cognitive decline , physical therapy , confidence interval , pediatrics , psychiatry , disease
Despite growing evidence of links between gait and cognition in aging, cognitive risk assessments that incorporate motoric signs have not been examined. We sought to validate a new Motoric Cognitive Risk (MCR) syndrome to identify individuals at high risk of developing dementia.
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