Nintendo Wii™ versus Xbox Kinect™ for assisting people with Parkinson's disease

MLM Alves, BS Mesquita, WS Morais… - … and motor skills, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigated changes in motor and cognitive skills, anxiety levels, and quality of
life perception among patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) following training with different …

Screening for Alzheimer's disease in low-educated or illiterate older adults in Brazil: a systematic review

LFV Ortega, I Aprahamian, MK Borges… - Arquivos de neuro …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Cognitive screening instruments are influenced by education and/or culture. In Brazil, as
illiteracy and low education rates are high, it is necessary to identify the screening tools with …

[HTML][HTML] Phonemic and semantic verbal fluency tasks: normative data for elderly Brazilians

CS Esteves, CR Oliveira, C Moret-Tatay… - Psicologia: Reflexão e …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
This study aims to investigate the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on the
performance of older people on two tasks of verbal fluency and provide normative data for a …

Use of a modified version of the switching verbal fluency test for the assessment of cognitive flexibility

JJ Paula, GCC Paiva, DS Costa - Dementia & neuropsychologia, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: Verbal fluency tests are widely used for the assessment of executive functions.
However, traditional versions of the test depend on several cognitive factors beyond these …

[HTML][HTML] Normative data for middle-aged Brazilians in verbal fluency (animals and FAS), trail making test (TMT) and clock drawing test (CDT)

GA Carvalho, P Caramelli - Dementia & neuropsychologia, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Normative studies of neuropsychological tests were performed in Brazil in recent years.
However, additional data are needed because of the heterogeneity of education of the …

Symptoms of depression in patients with mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

ALSB Malak, LF Vasconcellos, JS Pereira… - Dementia & …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To investigate the most frequent depressive symptoms and their association with
cognition in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) …

Diagnostic accuracy of usual cognitive screening tests versus appropriate tests for lower education to identify Alzheimer disease

LV Ortega, I Aprahamian, JE Martinelli… - Journal of geriatric …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: The accuracy of commonly used screening tests for Alzheimer's disease (AD)
has not been directly compared to those that could be more appropriate for lower schooling …

Queixa subjetiva de memória ea relação com a fluência verbal em idosos ativos

FR Bernardes, CK Machado, MC Souza, MJ Machado… - CoDAS, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivo Verificar a queixa subjetiva de memória relacionada com a fluência verbal em
idosos participantes de grupos de convivência. Método Trata-se de um estudo …

Methodological criteria for scoring clustering and switching in verbal fluency tasks

N Becker, JF Salles - Psico-usF, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of this study was to describe an adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the
methodological criteria for analysis of clustering and switching in semantic verbal fluency …

Subjective memory complaints and their relation with verbal fluency in active older people

FR Bernardes, CK Machado, MC Souza, MJ Machado… - Codas, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Purpose: To verify subjective memory complaints and their relation to verbal fluency in older
people participating in community groups. Methods: An epidemiological quantitative study …