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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Healthy Older Adults"”.
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Reducing distractibility in healthy older adults
… changes in individual sensory systems, older adults also experience changes in how information from multiple sensory modalities is combined. In particular, older adults exhibit increased multisensory integration, showing larger gains than younger adults when information in one sensory …
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Nondysphoric Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Abilities in Healthy Older Adults
… functions have been found to be affected in older adults with depression. However, there is limited research focused on the effects of minimal or mild depressive symptoms in older adults who do not meet criteria for a depressive disorder. Older adults are more likely than any other population …
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The Effect of Upper Body Strength Training on Upper Extremity Function in Healthy Older Adults
The prevention of disability in older adults is an important goal for public health. Improving or eliminating limitations in activities is critical to independence and thus the prevention of disability in the older adult population. Resistance training is a widespread and effective method to …
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The Effect of Language on Cognition in an Acculturated American Sample of Healthy Older Adults
<p>Background: Older adults are not only the fastest growing segment of the population (~841 million worldwide) and continually increasing, but are of special concern due to the numerous age-associated deficits, especially those on cognition. Research indicates that knowing multiple languages may …
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The interactive effects of genetics and cardiorespiratory fitness level on cognitive performance in healthy older adults
… cardiorespiratory fitness level on cognition in healthy older adults. The main questions were 1) can genetic status moderate the effect of cardiorespiratory fitness level on cognition and 2) can cardiorespiratory fitness level influence the effect of genetic status on cognition. A cross-sectional …
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White matter hyperintensities and lower extremity physical function before and after an aerobic exercise intervention in healthy older adults
… intervention in a sample of relatively young and healthy older adults. Analyses also examined the role of WMH volume, physical function, and cognition on virtual reality street crossing risk assessment. Methods: Data were analyzed from 177 older adults (M age = 65) who completed the Fit and Active …
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“Effect of a meditation-based strategy on sleep quality and perceived stress of healthy older adults living in the community.”
… and sleep techniques, to improve sleep in the healthy older adults living in the community. The study also evaluated the feasibility of delivering a 5-week, 60-90 minute, weekly Mantram repetition training program to a sample of healthy older adults living in the community. Qualified subjects …
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“Effect of a meditation-based strategy on sleep quality and perceived stress of healthy older adults living in the community.”
… and sleep techniques, to improve sleep in the healthy older adults living in the community. The study also evaluated the feasibility of delivering a 5-week, 60-90 minute, weekly Mantram repetition training program to a sample of healthy older adults living in the community. Qualified subjects …
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“Effect of a meditation-based strategy on sleep quality and perceived stress of healthy older adults living in the community.”
… and sleep techniques, to improve sleep in the healthy older adults living in the community. The study also evaluated the feasibility of delivering a 5-week, 60-90 minute, weekly Mantram repetition training program to a sample of healthy older adults living in the community. Qualified subjects …
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A divided-attention timed stepping accuracy task as a procedural learning intervention improves balance and functional performance in healthy older adults
For both healthy individuals and individuals at high risk of falling, certain environments, such as a dual-task situation, require more resources than others to prevent a loss of balance. Stepping assessment tasks can be used to predict falls, and it has been suggested that impaired voluntary …
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Dancing and the aging brain: the effects of a 4-month ballroom dance intervention on the cognition of healthy older adults
… population in the world, the promotion of healthy aging and the development of interventions allowing an independent lifestyle in old age have become major public health issues. Particularly, dance has emerged as a useful tool in the fight against age-related decline, becoming a topic of …
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Combining Attentional Control and Semantic Memory Retrieval: A Sensitive Marker for Early Stage AD and AD-related Biomarkers in Healthy Older Adults
… retrieval within a single task to discriminate healthy aging from early stage AD and show sensitivity to AD biomarkers in healthy control individuals. On each trial of the present task, participants viewed a category: e.g. “a unit of time”) and verified whether a subsequent target item was an …
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The Effectiveness of Interactive Metronome® as a Tool to Improve Cognition and Motor Performance in Healthy Older Adults in Eastern North Carolina
… in improving cognitive and motor performance in healthy older adults. As the aging adult population continues to rise, it is important to explore tools which can support this population to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible. Literature indicates there is a natural decline …
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A Comparative Study on the Effects of Eccentric Flywheel Overload and Traditional Resistance Training on the Physiological/Functional Performance in Healthy Older Adults
Introduction: Older adults experience certain deleterious effects associated with aging among which include; declines in muscle strength, muscle mass, motor unit activation, muscle power and functional performance. Two strength training methods (Traditional resistance training and Eccentric …
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EFFECTS OF BEETROOT JUICE, PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTATION, AND RESISTANCE TRAINING ON STRENGTH IN OLDER ADULTS
… intervention on quadriceps muscle strength in healthy older adults. Secondary outcomes were to determine feasibility regarding recruitment and intervention delivery. METHODOLOGY: Healthy older adults (n=24) were randomized into either a nitrate rich beetroot juice supplement (BRJ+) or a nitrate …
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Mechanisms of impaired red blood cell ATP release in older adults: implications for altered vascular control with age
… ATP release from red blood cells (RBCs) of healthy older adults in response to hemoglobin deoxygenation and identifying a potential role of this impairment in the declines in vascular control of peripheral blood flow with advancing age. Advancing age is the primary risk factor for …
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"Effect of a meditation-based strategy on sleep quality and perceived stress in older adults living in the community"
… and sleep techniques, to improve sleep in the healthy older adults living in the community. The study also evaluated the feasibility of delivering a 5-week, 60-90 minute, weekly Mantram repetition training program to a sample of healthy older adults living in the community. Qualified subjects …
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Yin and Yang: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Investigating Physical and Psychological Effects Following a 6-Month Taiji (T'ai Chi) and Qigong (Ch'i Kung) Intervention With Older Adults
… suggest that a 2-month Taiji intervention on healthy older adults yielded improvement in balance, lower body strength, and appropriate adaptive responses in situations of inaccurate or conflicting sensory stimuli. Taiji practitioners also adopted significantly wider stance widths than their …
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Advances in the assessment and rehabilitation of older adult fallers
… answer a number of questions regarding falls in older adults, both in terms of the assessment of individuals experiencing falls and their physiotherapy based rehabilitation. Firstly, an audit (Chapter 2) of a commonly used falls risk assessment tool (the Physiological Profile Assessment: PPA) was …
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