The role of cognitive function and physical activity in physical decline in older adults across the cognitive spectrum.

DISCUSSION: Having MCI or dementia is associated with greater physical decline compared to CN older people. Physical inactivity and executive dysfunction were associated with physical decline in this sample, which included participants with MCI and dementia. Both factors influencing physical decline are potentially amenable to interventions e.g. exercise. PMID: 29798680 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Aging and Mental Health - May 25, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Taylor ME, Boripuntakul S, Toson B, Close JCT, Lord SR, Kochan NA, Sachdev PS, Brodaty H, Delbaere K Tags: Aging Ment Health Source Type: research