Color memory in elderly adults

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 458-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Pérez-Carpinell ◽  
Vicente J. Camps ◽  
Mario Trottini ◽  
Carmen M. Pérez-Baylach
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Color Memory

Generation and Associative Encoding in Young and Old Adults

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Taconnat ◽  
Charlotte Froger ◽  
Mathilde Sacher ◽  
Michel Isingrini
Keyword(s):  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Generation Effect ◽  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Generation Task ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Old Adults ◽  
Strength Of Association ◽  
Target Words

Abstract. The generation effect (i.e., better recall of the generated items than the read items) was investigated with a between-list design in young and elderly participants. The generation task difficulty was manipulated by varying the strength of association between cues and targets. Overall, strong associates were better recalled than weak associates. However, the results showed different generation effect patterns according to strength of association and age, with a greater generation effect for weak associates in younger adults only. These findings suggest that generating weak associates leads to more elaborated encoding, but that elderly adults cannot use this elaborated encoding as well as younger adults to recall the target words at test.

Assessment of Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Through Elderly Adults

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven L. Schandler ◽  
John V. Flowers ◽  
Gily Meir ◽  
Rachel Ho ◽  
Gina L. Cristiano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Elderly Adults

Adaptations in Motor Unit Behavior in Elderly Adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Shinohara
Keyword(s):  
Motor Unit ◽  
Elderly Adults

scholarly journals Amelioration of sleep-disordered breathing with supplemental oxygen in older adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (6) ◽  
pp. 1441-1450
Author(s):  
Ruchi Rastogi ◽  
M. S. Badr ◽  
A. Ahmed ◽  
S. Chowdhuri
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Sleep Disordered Breathing ◽  
Supplemental Oxygen ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Central Apnea ◽  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Chemoreflex Sensitivity ◽  
Central Apneas ◽  
First Time

This study demonstrates for the first time in elderly adults without heart disease that intervention with supplemental oxygen in the clinical range will ameliorate central apneas and hypopneas by decreasing the propensity to central apnea through decreased chemoreflex sensitivity, even in the absence of a reduction in the plant gain. Thus, the study provides physiological evidence for use of supplemental oxygen as therapy for mild-to-moderate SDB in this vulnerable population.

scholarly journals Assessment of muscle mass, risk of falls and fear of falling in elderly people with diabetic neuropathy

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Azevedo Pinheiro ◽  
Karla Helena Coelho Vilaça ◽  
Gustavo de Azevedo Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Neuropathy ◽  
Lean Body Mass ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Berg Balance Scale ◽  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Risk Of Falling ◽  
Risk Of Falls ◽  
History Of

Abstract Objective : To assess muscle mass, risk of falls and fear of falling in elderly adults with diabetic neuropathy (DNP). Methods : 50 elderly patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and diabetic neuropathy (NPD) participated in this study. Risk of falling was assessed using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). Fear of falling was assessed by means of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I). Muscle mass was assessed by tetrapolar bioimpedance analysis (BIA) and Janssen's equation. Subjects were divided into two groups: one with a history of falls in the six months before study enrollment (G1) and the other without history of falls (G2). Results : There were statistically significant differences between G1 and G2 regarding lean body mass (p < 0.05), risk of falls as measured by the BBS (p < 0.01), and fear of falling as measured by the FES-I (p < 0.01). In addition, there was a significant correlation between the BBS and BIA (r = 0.45 and p < 0.01), showing that the greater the lean body mass, the lower the risk of falling. Conclusions : We found an association between lean mass, risk of falls and fear of falling in elderly adults with DNP and a history of falls from own height.

Fibulectomy, Tibial Shortening, and Ankle Arthrodesis as an Alternative Treatment of Nonhealing Wounds Following Open Ankle Fracture in Compromised Elderly Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander M. Crespo ◽  
Alyssa F. Rautenberg ◽  
Noam Siev ◽  
Pierre Saadeh ◽  
Kenneth A. Egol
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Treatment ◽  
Ankle Fracture ◽  
Ankle Arthrodesis ◽  
Elderly Adults
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