Clinical Manifestations.

Background: Interventional trials in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are increasingly targeting early disease stages. To optimize the likelihood of successful outcomes for these trials, there is an important need for tools capable of identifying individuals prone to exhibit clinical progression throughout the course of the trial. The Expanded Brief Assessment of Cognition (Expanded-BAC) and the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool - Short List (VRFCAT-SLx) are two computerized tests assessing cognitive and functional abilities, respectively.

Anxiety sensitivity mediates the relationship between exercise frequency and anxiety and depression symptomology.

The anxiolytic and antidepressant effects of regular physical exercise have been well documented, though the mechanisms through which exercise alleviates symptoms of emotion disorders require further investigation. Mounting research indicates that exercise reduces anxiety sensitivity, a known vulnerability factor for the development and maintenance of psychological disorders, presumably via repeated exposure to feared somatic sensations. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether anxiety sensitivity mediates the relation between exercise frequency and symptoms of anxiety and depression.