Abstract The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) was
developed in the 1980s to assess the level of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease …

Demonstrations that grip strength has predictive power in relation to a range of health
conditions—even when these are assessed decades later—has motivated claims that hand …

Cognitive decline in older adults contributes to reduced ability to perform daily tasks and
continued disuse leads to muscle weakness and potentiates functional loss. Despite explicit …

Background/Aim: Current evidence in the literature supports associations between frailty,
cognitive impairment, and dementia. The study aim was to describe the risk of cognitive …

Aging is often associated with a decline in physical function that eventually leads to loss of
autonomy in activities of daily living (ADL). Walking is a very common ADL, important for …

Advancing age is the focus of recent studies on familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease
(AD), suggesting a prolonged pre-clinical phase several decades before the onset of …

Background Handgrip strength is used to identify sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes, being a
potential predictor of mortality in older adults. However, uniformity is lacking in the reference …

The present findings are suggestive of an almost complete lack of evidence on the
addressed topic. In particular, randomized controlled trials are strongly needed in order to …

Late-life cognitive disorders may be prevented by influencing age-related conditions such as
frailty, characterized by decreased resistance to stressors and increased risk for adverse …

Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), as a neurodegenerative process caused by widespread
senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, is faced with an increasingly higher incidence as …