Does change in gait while counting backward predict the occurrence of a first fall in older adults?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care providers often believe that individuals with cognitive disturbance are unaware of their deficits. The term unawareness was first used to describe hemiplegia following right hemisphere stroke but has since been applied to unawareness of any neurological or neuropsychological deficit. Clinicians u...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： McDougall GJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein malnutrition is associated with a decreased febrile and acute phase response to infection and increased mortality. To elucidate a cause for this poor response, we assessed the effect of chronic protein malnutrition on monocyte production of the pyrogens interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Thi...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bradley SF,Vibhagool A,Fabrick S,Terpenning MS,Kauffman CA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated quantitatively the efficiency and safety of, and influence of either prior arterial injury or immunity against adenovirus on adenovirus-mediated gene transfer into injured arteries of a relatively large animal model, the dog. A replication-defective adenovirus expressing bacterial lacZ was introduced perc...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ueno H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usual features of Paget's disease of bone, e.g. large head, deafness due to involvement of the 8th cranial nerve and bowing of the legs are all well described in text books of medicine. However, some features such as platybasia with neurological deficit, involvement of the 2nd, 5th and 7th cranial nerves, hydrocep...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Chakravorty NK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with a decline in renal concentrating ability in response to dehydration-induced arginine vasopressin (AVP) release. To examine target tissue sensitivity, cortical collecting tubules (CCT) were individually microdissected from young (3 months), middle-aged (2-3 years) and old (4-5.5 years) rabbits ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wilson PD,Dillingham MA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of post-operative morbidity in 258 elderly general surgical patients is reported. In 35% of patients no post-operative complications developed. Respiratory, wound and cardiac complications were the leading types of post-operative morbidity encountered, occurring in 39.5, 16.3, and 12.4% of patients...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Seymour DG,Pringle R

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor activator of nuclear factor x03BA;B (RANK) and its ligand (RANKL) have originally been described for their key roles in bone metabolism and the immune system. Subsequently, it has been shown that the RANKL-RANK system is critical in the formation of mammary epithelia in lactating females and the thermoregulat...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nagy V,Penninger JM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental healthcare of elderly people is a common problem in advanced countries. Recently, high technology has developed robots for use not only in factories but also for our living environment. In particular, human-interactive robots for psychological enrichment, which provide services by interacting with humans while ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Shibata T,Wada K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alloxan diabetes in Swiss mice of both sexes accelerated the ageing of collagen in newly formed cotton pellet granuloma concomitant with its similar effect on dorsal skin. The degree of response of collagen to alloxanization was dependent on the duration of the treatment and the sex of the animal. It is suggested that...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Behera HN,Patnaik BK

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A profound influence of steroidal (and possibly growth) hormone change during aging on the P-450 functions has been found in male rats. Direct and rapid autonomic nervous controls on glycogen metabolism in the liver is also greatly affected by aging. However, neither the responses of isolated rat hepatocyte preparatio...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kitani K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates of collagen fibril formation are, under otherwise identical conditions, a function of the age of the acid-soluble rat tail tendon collagen utilized. The rate is most rapid with young adult (165 day) collagen, which exhibits no induction period before collagen multimerization begins. In contrast, 21-day colla...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Brooks C,Simons ER

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decades, information about the characteristics of attractiveness has accumulated. We know about eight pillars of beauty, among them youthfulness, symmetry, hormone markers and body odor. But what is the biological function of these attractive signals? Is there one common function to be found in all eight...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Oberzaucher E,Grammer K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) points has been analyzed in cultured lymphocytes from three age-groups of 30 females (n = 10; young: 13-20, middle-aged: 30-55, old: 75-84 years). The observed interchromosomal SCE distribution is in good agreement with the results of previous workers, significant ag...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Vormittag W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen breath testing (HBT) is frequently used as an alternative to small bowel aspiration in the diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). The role of the glucose HBT was assessed in 30 elderly patients. A positive HBT was recorded in 15 of 20 SIBO cases and 7 of 10 culture negatives (sensitivity 7...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Mac Mahon M,Gibbons N,Mullins E,O'Moore RR,Keane CT,Walsh JB,Coakley D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine (TAU) is thought to be a neuromodulator or an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain. In the periphery, TAU is involved in a wide spectrum of physiological functions. One of the most important putative physiological function of TAU is the modulation of cardiovascular activity including blood pressu...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wallace DR,Dawson R Jr

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paratonia is a distinctive form of hypertonia, causing loss of functional mobility in early stages of dementia to severe high muscle tone and pain in the late stages. For assessing and evaluating therapeutic interventions, objective instruments are required. OBJECTIVE:Determine the psychometric properties o...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Drenth H,Zuidema SU,Krijnen WP,Bautmans I,van der Schans C,Hobbelen H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a relationship between diet and mortality is well recognized, there is little information on the extent to which different food sources contribute to survival in elderly people. OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of individual food groups on mortality in institutionalized elderly people from Asturias ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： González S,Huerta JM,Fernández S,Patterson AM,Lasheras C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are a major cause of morbidity among older people. Multifaceted interventions may be effective in preventing falls and related fractures. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness alongside the REducing Falls with Orthoses and a Multifaceted podiatry intervention (REFORM) trial. METHODS:REFORM was...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Corbacho B,Cockayne S,Fairhurst C,Hewitt CE,Hicks K,Kenan AM,Lamb SE,MacIntosh C,Menz HB,Redmond AC,Rodgers S,Scantlebury A,Watson J,Torgerson DJ,on behalf of the REFORM study.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximal glucocorticoid responsiveness and the adaptation degree are reduced in old rat liver as demonstrated by cortisol stimulation of RNA polymerases. Nevertheless the concentration of unoccupied 3H-dexamethasone binding sites in molybdate-stabilized cytosol of adrenalectomized old animals is significantly incre...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Martin H,Martin R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malnutrition is a widespread but largely unrecognized problem in aged patients, more so as it is a contributing factor to the increased morbidity and mortality in this age group. Since direct measurements of body composition are not possible in a large number of patients, good anthropometric reference data a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bonnefoy M,Jauffret M,Kostka T,Jusot JF

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic symptoms, caused by a malignancy, but not directly related to invasion by the tumor or its metastases, are the result of a wide variety of tumor-derived biologic mediators like hormones, peptides, antibodies, cytotoxic lymphocytes, autocrine and paracrine mediators. Systemic inflammatory rheumatic disea...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Szekanecz Z,Szekanecz E,Bakó G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences between women and men in terms of gender gaps at late stages of their lives are the focus of this mini-review. We approach the matter by taking up the position of complex yet promising standpoints, the bio-psycho-social perspective on the one hand and approaches of developmental psychology on the other. Li...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kryspin-Exner I,Lamplmayr E,Felnhofer A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of lipogenesis and gene expression of lipogenic enzymes in white adipose tissue (WAT) of rats decreases with age. Previously, we showed the inverse relationship between serum leptin concentration and lipogenic enzymes activities in WAT of ageing rats. Based on those results, we postulated that lepti...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nogalska A,Stelmanska E,Sledzinski T,Swierczynski J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial abnormality in the skeletal muscles of 13 patients with myotonic dystrophy was analyzed by both histochemical and molecular biologic methods. Nine of 13 patients had ragged-red fibers (50 +/- 116 per 10,000 muscle fibers, mean +/- SD), and 10 patients had cytochrome c oxidase-negative fibers (41 +/- 90 p...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Sahashi K,Tanaka M,Tashiro M,Ohno K,Ibi T,Takahashi A,Ozawa T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Each year, influenza and its complications account for 10,000-40,000 excess deaths in the United States. Over 80% of these deaths occur among the elderly. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the US Public Health Service and others recommend that all persons 65 years of age and older as well a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nichol KL,Margolis KL,Wouremna J,von Sternberg T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the requirement for provocative cystometry in urodynamic investigation in the elderly with urinary incontinence, 100 consecutive patients, who were referred on the basis of defined clinical criteria, were first studied by supine cystometry followed by provocative tests where necessary. The most satisfactor...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Eastwood HD

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, an increasing proportion of all forms of reactivation tuberculosis occurs in patients over the age of 60 years. Atypical presentations and presence of chronic illness obscure the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the elderly. Prompt diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and aggressive procedure...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nagami P,Yoshikawa TT

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunocompetence of 22 subjects aged 85-104 years (mean 90 +/- 1 years) was studied and compared to 21 young subjects aged 19-37 years (mean 30 +/- 1 years). The absolute lymphocyte number and the percentage of T and B lymphocytes in the peripheral blood was similar in the two groups. A marked decrease in phytohem...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Licastro F,Tabacchi PL,Chiricolo M,Parente R,Cenci M,Barboni F,Franceschi C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of a health survey covering 561 inhabitants of Tampere, Finland, aged 85 or over, morning urine specimens were studied. 82% of the participants were women. Significant bacteriuria was recorded in 27% of the subjects, 13% of the men and 30% of the women. Pyuria was recorded in 47% of the total material. R...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Heinämäki P,Haavisto M,Mattila K,Rajala S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life span of Drosophila melanogaster was reduced when copper compounds were fed at concentrations of 1 X 10(-3) M or greater. Feeding lower concentrations of copper compounds failed to significantly change life span. A combination of copper gluconate and gluconic acid increased the adult life span by 21.6%. We con...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Massie HR,Williams TR,Aiello VR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00