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P2‐453: The use of bilingualism and occupational complexity measures as proxies for cognitive reserve: Results from a community‐dwelling elderly population in the North of Spain
Author(s) -
Yanguas Javier,
Diaz Unai,
Facal David,
Gonzalez Mari Feli,
Buiza Cristina,
Llavero Paloma,
Morales Blanca,
Sobrino Carlota,
Urdaneta Elena
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.08.027
Subject(s) - neuroscience of multilingualism , cognitive reserve , psychology , cognition , population , dementia , test (biology) , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , demography , medicine , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , paleontology , disease , pathology , neuroscience , sociology , biology
24,83-38,20 points, respectively. About 20% e 46% of the early and moderate individuals, respectively, were under the BBS cutoff. On the AWS, 13,33% and 33,3% of the early and moderate AD were under the cutoff score. From all the individuals, about 16%, 2 from early and 8 from the moderate AD group, were under AWS and BBS cutoff scores.Conclusions:Gait apraxia and balance disorders might be presented in AD individuals, and seems to be more frequent in the moderate stage. Gait apraxia can be misinterpreted as simply balance disorders. Gait apraxia assessment, such as balance, requires high subjectivity dosages. Gait apraxia diagnosis would be easier if the sensibility index of the AWS could be improved. Despite this is just a conjecture, it seems that frontal involvement has great relation to gait apraxia presence and severity.