Complex Gait Is Related to Cognitive Functioning in Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study Providing an Innovative Test.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early emergency readmissions is a common and important problem in the elderly patient. Identification of the risk factors for early emergency readmissions is needed to prevent this occurring. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to study the risk factors for early emergency readmission in the elderly medical...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Chu LW,Pei CK

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS) activity was measured in whole brain, different brain areas, liver and heart of 23- to 26-month-old rats, and then compared to matched animals of 3 months. A significant increase of GS activity was found in whole brain (25%) of old rats, as well as in all brain areas studied, but particularly...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Cao Danh H,Strolin Benedetti M,Dostert P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia is a symptom of a variety of specific structural brain diseases as well as several system degenerations. Alzheimer's disease presently is the commonest cause in the developed world, causing a cortical-subcortical degeneration of ascending cholinergic neurons and large pyramidal cells in the cerebral cortex. C...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Plum F

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary intake, sunlight exposure and 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels were estimated in 62 patients admitted to a geriatric assessment unit. There was a significant correlation between vitamin D intake and 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels but none between sunlight exposure and these. This suggests that in old age dietary defic...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nayal AS,MacLennan WJ,Hamilton JC,Rose P,Kong M

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of evidence, taken in conjunction, indicate that Orgel's theory is inapplicable to a wide range of disorders of senescence in man. The age dependence and the anatomical distribution of the lesions of such disorders imply a Burnet type 'forbidden clone' theory of ageing. We describe the difficulty of establis...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Burch PR,Jackson D

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric measurements have been carried out on the human myenteric esophageal neurons at the ages of 20-40 and more than 70 years. The number of neurons decreases after 70 years of age, which is accompanied by an increase in the sizes of the neurons. In percentage terms the decrease in the number of neurons in the...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Meciano Filho J,Carvalho VC,de Souza RR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both ageing and vitamin C (VC) deficiency result in immune defect. Since low serum and tissue levels of VC are found in the elderly, we have in a placebo-controlled study, tested the effect of VC supplements (500 mg/day i.m. for 1 month) on various immune parameters. Indeed, VC enhances the proliferative response of T...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kennes B,Dumont I,Brohee D,Hubert C,Neve P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three mouse lineages it was found that during the 18- to 60-day interval after formalin fixation, brain weight was inversely proportional to the age at sacrifice, as was the decline in the weight of the brain during this period. In a second study using rat subjects it was confirmed that the aging difference is due ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Douglas RJ,Clark GM,Truncer PC,Treneer CM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article discusses some aspects demonstrating that a decrease in acetylcholine synthesis in senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) is a consequence of the strong decline in glucose turnover in the brain. This becomes obvious by the fact that acetylcoenzyme A, the key substrate of acetylcholine synthesis, is e...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Meier-Ruge W,Bertoni-Freddari C,Iwangoff P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ageing on the threshold firing rate of motor units from the first dorsal interosseous muscle was investigated. Two groups of 9 healthy male subjects between the ages of 20-29 and 60-69 years took part in the study. The threshold firing rate of motor units in young subjects showed close agreement with pre...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Newton JP,Yemm R,McDonagh MJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrolytes and/or amino acids were determined in leg skeletal muscle biopsies from elderly (age range 57-75 years) and young (age range 20-35 years) apparently healthy women. When compared to the young group, the elderly one was characterized by increased levels of muscular Na+ and Cl-, while the calculated intracel...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Möller P,Alvestrand A,Bergström J,Fürst P,Hellström K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:BACKGROUND; The link between experiencing difficulties in reading or understanding and non-compliance with drug treatment among seniors is not clearly established. OBJECTIVES:We measured the effect of both difficulties in reading, as well as difficulties in understanding prescription labelling, on non-compl...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Moisan J,Gaudet M,Grégoire JP,Bouchard R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced tyrosine aminotransferase from adult and old rat liver was purified and its properties were studied. No differences could be detected for any physicochemical properties studied, i.e. specific activity, molecular weight, isoelectric point, thermostability, sensitivity to trypsin, Km for pyridoxal phosphate. Mor...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Szajnert MF,Schapira F

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alteration in lipid peroxidation products such as lipid peroxides, lipid hydroperoxides were studied in different regions of CNS of ageing rats (13, 26, 52, 78 and 104 weeks). The levels of lipid peroxide and lipid hydroperoxide were increased in various regions of brain and spinal cord. However, the activity of super...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Gupta A,Hasan M,Chander R,Kapoor NK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Many falls in older adults occur during walking and result in lateral falls. The ability to perform a recovery step after balance perturbation determines whether a fall will occur. AIM:To investigate age-related changes in first recovery step kinematics and kinematic adaptations over a wide range of later...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nachmani H,Shani G,Shapiro A,Melzer I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(Na+-K+)-ATPase is an enzyme responsible for ionic homeostasis in excitable tissues. Thus, the activity of this enzyme is essential for the maintenance of optimal function of the cerebral cortex. Although abnormalities of cerebral oxidative metabolism have been described in aging, these abnormalities do not appear to ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： LaManna JC,Doull G,McCracken K,Harik SI

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of age and smoking on pharmacokinetics of pindolol and propranolol was investigated. Although there was a statistically significant difference in certain pharmacokinetic parameters (maximum plasma concentration, area under the curve, elimination constant and elimination half-life) between elderly patient...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hitzenberger G,Fitscha P,Beveridge T,Nüesch E,Pacha W

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Constipation and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) very frequently occur in the elderly, and several reports have suggested that dysfunction in either one of these systems may affect the other. Most studies correlating rectal and bladder dysfunction, however, have been carried out in children or young wome...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Charach G,Greenstein A,Rabinovich P,Groskopf I,Weintraub M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disturbance of vertical eye movement and ocular convergence is often observed in elderly people, but little is known about its frequency. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate age-associated changes in vertical eye movement and convergence in healthy elderly people, using a digital video ca...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Oguro H,Okada K,Suyama N,Yamashita K,Yamaguchi S,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The identification of modifiable health span-promoting factors is a public health priority. OBJECTIVE:To explore the socio-environmental, lifestyle, behavioural, and psychological determinants of a clinical phenotypic measure of biological ageing in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study (SLAS) cohort. ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ng TP,Zhong X,Gao Q,Gwee X,Chua DQL,Larbi A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older adults are stereotypically considered to be risk averse compared to younger age groups, although meta-analyses on age and the influence of gain/loss framing on risky choices have not found empirical evidence for age differences in risk-taking. OBJECTIVE:The current study extends the investigation of a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Best R,Freund AM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal circulating red blood cells (RBCs) and platelets have been shown to have small amounts of IgG on their membranes. The cell-bound IgG may be cytophilic (IgG nonspecifically adsorbed from the plasma) and/or IgG autoantibody. It has been suggested that most of the RBC-bound IgG is on older RBCs and is an autoantib...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Garratty G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Recent studies have suggested that even in the developed world its incidence in the elderly is increasing. Symptoms of active tuberculosis are non-specific and less pronounced in the elderly. Radiological features are more likely to be 'atypical...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Packham S

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As more people survive into old age, a greater number are becoming eligible for dialysis treatment for end-stage renal failure. In the UK the elderly have previously been excluded from treatment programmes, and continuing financial constraints are unlikely to improve this situation. There are few data on the...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ahmed S,Addicott C,Qureshi M,Pendleton N,Clague JE,Horan MA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model of survivorship kinetics is presented. It takes into account both deterministic and stochastic aspects of survival curves. Earlier reports [Piantanelli: Arch Gerontol Geriatr 1986;5:107-118; Piantanelli: Ann NY Acad Sci 1988; 521:99-109] described a model capable of making distinct predictions on ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Piantanelli L,Rossolini G,Nisbet R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphopenia is a common finding in old people admitted to medical and psychiatric wards. We describe a pilot study of the clinical associations, and prognostic significance of lymphopenia in elderly persons admitted to acute medical and psychiatric wards. Consecutive patients admitted to acute medical and psychiatric ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Dennis MS,Nicolson A,Lehmann AB,Junaid O,Byrne EJ,Hopkinson N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion molecules, such as leukocyte-function-associated antigen (LFA-1 or CD11a/CD18), intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1 or CD54) and Hermes antigen (HCAM or CD44), have important roles in many adhesive interactions involving cells of the immune system. Since it has been shown that many immunological alterat...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Chiricolo M,Morini MC,Mancini R,Beltrandi E,Belletti D,Conte R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common in older adults and associated with increased morbidity and mortality, loss of independence and high health-care costs. Standing up slowly is a recommended non-pharmacological intervention. However, the effectiveness of this advice has not been well studied. OBJECTIVES...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： de Bruïne ES,Reijnierse EM,Trappenburg MC,Pasma JH,de Vries OJ,Meskers CG,Maier AB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a winter epidemic of A/H1N1 influenza virus, we evaluated the protection conferred by vaccination of 285 residents of a nursing home. Fifteen of 204 members of the nursing staff were also vaccinated. Serological determinations were performed before and after vaccination using radial hemolysis (RH) and neuramini...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Odelin MF,Pozzetto B,Aymard M,Defayolle M,Jolly-Million J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer neurofibrillary changes and senile plaques were found in a variety of distribution patterns and intensities in 50 brains of patients older than 73 years who had been carefully examined for signs of organic dementia in a geriatric unit. As noted by earlier observers, the severity of dementia usually correspon...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ulrich J,Stähelin HB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00