Subjective Difficulty with Higher-Level Functional Capacity in Community-Dwelling Older People withMild Cognitive Impairment.

Background And Purpose: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a predictor of future age-related dementia.　We herein investigated associations of MCI with higher-level functional capacities, as well as with subjective difficulty regarding these functions, in community-dwelling older people, to identify a simple method for early MCI detection.

Method: We administered a test battery to 118 community-dwelling older people living in an urban area.

Relationship between Cognitive Decline and Daily Life Gait among Elderly People Living in the Community: A Preliminary Report.

Introduction: Early detection and intervention are important to prevent dementia. Gait parameters have been recognized as a potentially easy screening tool for mild cognitive impairment (MCI); however, differences in gait parameters between cognitive healthy individuals (CHI) and MCI are small. Daily life gait change may be used to detect cognitive decline earlier.

Association of Activities of Daily Living with Body Weight Change 3 Months After Stroke Onset.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between body weight loss and activities of daily living (ADL) 3 months after stroke onset.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 81 patients at a rehabilitation hospital after receiving acute treatment at our hospital (mean age 70.7 years).

The Relationship between Walking Speed and Step Length in Older Aged Patients.

Compared with elderly people who have not experienced falls, those who have were reported to have a shortened step length, large fluctuations in their pace, and a slow walking speed. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the step length required to maintain a walking speed of 1.0 m/s in patients aged 75 years or older.

[The isometric knee extension strength threshold for maintaining walking speed and step length in older male inpatients].

Aim: To clarify the minimum knee extension muscle strength needed to maintain walking speed and step length in older male inpatients.

Method: The participants were 786 male inpatients of ≥65 years of age without cerebrovascular disorder, orthopedic disease, malignancy, or dementia. We investigated the participants' isometric knee extension muscle force (kgf/kg), maximum walking speed (m/s) and step length, based on their medical records.

Predicting recovery of cognitive function soon after stroke: differential modeling of logarithmic and linear regression.

Cognitive disorders in the acute stage of stroke are common and are important independent predictors of adverse outcome in the long term. Despite the impact of cognitive disorders on both patients and their families, it is still difficult to predict the extent or duration of cognitive impairments. The objective of the present study was, therefore, to provide data on predicting the recovery of cognitive function soon after stroke by differential modeling with logarithmic and linear regression.

The relationship between knee extension strength and lower extremity functions in nursing home residents with dementia.

Purpose: To assess the relationships between knee extension strengths and lower extremity functions in subjects with dementia and to predict lower extremity functions using knee extension strength.

Methods: Fifty-four nursing home residents with dementia were enrolled in the study. The strength of the knee extensor was measured using a hand-held dynamometer.

Predicting recovery of bilateral upper extremity muscle strength after stroke.

Objective: To investigate the recovery pattern of bilateral upper extremity muscle strength and to predict the recovery of strength early after stroke using a logarithmic regression model.

Design: Longitudinal study.

Subjects: Twenty-one inpatients with post-stroke hemiparesis were enrolled.

Reliability and validity of measurements of knee extension strength obtained from nursing home residents with dementia.

Objective: To describe the reliability of strength measurement by hand-held dynamometer and to identify the prediction of gait and stand-up ability by the strength measurement in people with dementia.

Design: Correlational study in which 60 persons with Alzheimer disease were enrolled. The strength of knee extensor was measured twice separated by a 3-min interval using a hand-held dynamometer.