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Clinical features of MCI: motor changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Alan Kluger ,
John G. Gianutsos ,
James Golomb ,
Alvin Wagner Jr. ,
Danielle Wagner  and
Samantha Scheurich
Alan Kluger*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Lehman College/City University of New York, U.S.A. Department of Psychiatry, William and Silvia Silberstein Institute for Aging and Dementia, New York University School of Medicine, New York, U.S.A.
John G. Gianutsos
Affiliation:
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, U.S.A.
James Golomb
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, William and Silvia Silberstein Institute for Aging and Dementia, New York University School of Medicine, New York, U.S.A.
Alvin Wagner Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Lehman College/City University of New York, U.S.A.
Danielle Wagner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Lehman College/City University of New York, U.S.A.
Samantha Scheurich
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Lehman College/City University of New York, U.S.A.
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Professor Alan Kluger, Department of Psychology, Lehman College/CUNY, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, U.S.A. Phone:+1 718 960 8204; Fax: +1 718 960 8092. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a classification reserved for nondemented elderly individuals at increased risk for future decline to dementia, compared to those with normal cognition. Cognitive tests, particularly those assessing verbal recall, have been found to be useful in the identification of elderly people with MCI. We argue that a variety of motor/psychomotor evaluations are also sensitive to MCI. Motor assessments described as complex correctly categorize normal versus MCI elderly with comparable accuracies to those obtained by cognitive tests. Unlike performance on verbally based cognitive measures, motor-test scores appear to be relatively independent of educational attainment, indicating that the use of certain motor tests may be particularly valuable in the identification of MCI among elderly with widely varying educational backgrounds.

Keywords

mild cognitive impairmentdementiaAlzheimer's diseasepsychomotordetectionmotor trackinggait
Type
MCI CONFERENCE PAPER
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 32 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2007

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