READING TEST 2 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Kemmler
Overall/General: study design, aim, subjects (age, features, inclusion criteria - 2….include DEXA score), hypothesis
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Kemmler
Differentiate the two interventions (duration, type of exercise/activity), which 2 supplements did they get?
How was BMD and body composition measured?
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Kemmler - Conclusions
Exercises were more effect for which BMD?
Exercise is consistent effect in favourably BMD without…..
Name 6 study limitations
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Beurskens
Practical matter of the important of vision and walking, for an older adult?
Methods: study subjects?
What were the 4 single tasks
What were the 2 non-walking single tasks? (how long for each task)
How many dual tasks were there? Name 8 of them? - how many times were they done and in what order?
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Beurskens
What variables were measured (7)? (ie. step duration…)
What’s the equation for DTC? mDTC?
Halfway through the all the trials they did 2 cognitive tests….
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Beurskens
Overall conclusion
Why did the results contradict the previous notion that age-related changes in DT walking mainly depended on 2nd task but not walking conditions?
Differentiate check and walk vs button and walk
1 limitation - what did they not test for?
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Verrusio
Overall/General: study design, aim, subjects (age, features, inclusion criteria)
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Verrusio
What is the HAS and GDS - what do they measure?
> 65 years olds + depression = __x fall risk
What has research found out about light-moderate depression and the effectiveness of drugs?
2 fx of music on depression
2 fx of exercise on depression
What was the primary and secondary aim of the study?
Verrusio
According to the CIRS and CInd - what 5 co-morbitidities were found?
Which weeks did they measure at? (4)
What measure did they measure in pharma (2) vs. PT/MT group (10)
The pharma group took SSRIs and specific ________ antidepressants (NaSSA)
What were the PT and MT interventions?
Verrusio
Linear relationship between cytokines and what score?
At 3 and 6 months…there was a ________ effect of PT and MT on both anxiety and depression….maintained for __ week(s). What kinda of effect was found in terms of improvement and # of sessions
Where as for drugs…they only found S/S GDS and HAS at 3 months, and only reduce in which one of the two at 6 months?
3 study limitations
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Tseng
Greatest RF for AD and cognitive decline is _________
Brain volume decline is related to ____________ decline
Define a master athlete.
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Tseng
Overall: study design, aim, subject (3 groups) recruitment
Measurements: how did they measure aerobic capacity, brain tissue (2)?
Name the 5 cognitive function tests
Tseng
Of the 3 groups…
Who had the higher GM concentration?
Who did best with category and letter fluency?
Age related changes in brain tissue concentration:
- Global reductions in which type of matter in old vs. Young
- the reductions were due to shrinkage of neurons or gial cell volume vs. _______ ___________
- Changes in WM where due to deterioration of neuron axonal structure vs. Changes in ________
What was the particular strength of this study?
Where did they find that MA had higher GM and WM concentrations? (2 lobes) - theories as to why these areas?
2 proposed mechanisms of exercise benefits
4 limitations of the study
Barbosa
Falls are costly and lead to morbidity = ___% for those above ___ years old
What is HRQoL? And what happens to it after a fall?
What was the aim of the study? Which 4 measures did they look at?
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Barbosa
Subjects - inclusion criteria
Describe the procedures of the TUG - which time was the cut off
What were the 5 dimensions they looked at for HRQoL?
What did the Barthel Index measure?
What did they measure using the 30s CSTS?
Using the force platform - what did they measure? 3 study conditions/tasks
Novelty of the study?
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Barbosa
Major findings in the 4 measures
4 limitations of the study
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Chaparro
Older adults have a higher fatal crash rate per…….
What type of crashes are they usually involved in?
Differentiate passive listening and active conversation in terms of attention
What is UFOV? 40% decrease = 6x crash risk = ____x injury with crash (older adults)
Primary aim of study?
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Chaparro
3 things the auditory secondary task engages
3 things the visual secondary task engages
Subjects?
What were the 5 tests they screened for?
What were the 5 measures they looked at to determine driving performance?
What was Summing?
What was the composite Z score? 4 measures
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Chapparo
Overall decrease in composite z score which means poorer performance in which 3 areas?
With double visual task, which side of the road they deviate off on?
Task x Age was only significant with which measure
Cognitive aging > __________ aging in predicting driving performance
Which task (test) was best predictor for info processing and selective attention?
Auditory
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