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Adaptive cognitive testing in cerebrovascular disease and vascular dementia
Wouters, Hans,
de Koning, Inge,
Zwinderman, Aeilko H.,
van Gool, Willem A.,
Schmand, Ben,
Buiter, Maarten,
Lindeboom, Robert
Background/aims: To examine whether brevity can be combined with precision in measuring global cognitive ability in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) or vascular dementia (VaD). Longer tests (e.g. the CAMCOG) are precise but inefficient, whereas brief tests (e.g. the MMSE) are efficient but imprecise.; Methods: A simulated computerized adaptive testing (CAT) algorithm using existing CAMCOG […]
Detecting frontotemporal dysfunction in ALS: utility of the ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS)
Woolley, Susan C.,
York, Michele K.,
Moore, Dan H.,
Strutt, Adriana M.,
Murphy, Jennifer,
Schulz, Paul E.,
Katz, Jonathan S.
Up to half of patients with ALS develop cognitive impairment during the course of the illness. Despite this, there is no simple tool for screening patients in the clinical setting. This study examines the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS). We administered the measure to 112 ALS patients, including 31 […]
Validity of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale to detect mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease and REM sleep behavior disorder
Villeneuve, Sylvia,
Rodrigues-Brazète, Jessica,
Joncas, Steve,
Postuma, Ronald B.,
Latreille, Véronique,
Gagnon, Jean-François
Background/aims: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is frequent in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD). However, only a few studies have evaluated the validity of brief cognitive measures to detect MCI in PD or iRBD using standard diagnostic criteria for MCI. Our aim was to evaluate the validity of the Mini-Mental State […]
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in geriatric rehabilitation: psychometric properties and association with rehabilitation outcomes
Sweet, Lisa,
Van Adel, Mike,
Metcalf, Valerie,
Wright, Lisa,
Harley, Anne,
Leiva, René,
Taler, Vanessa
Background: Cognitive status has been reported to be an important predictor of rehabilitation outcome. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was designed to overcome some of the limitations of established cognitive screening tools such as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the MoCA as a […]
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and executive dysfunction. A case-control study on the significance of frontal white matter changes detected by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
Sjöbeck, Martin,
Elfgren, Christina,
Larsson, Elna-Marie,
Brockstedt, Sara,
Lätt, Jimmy,
Englund, Elisabet,
Passant, Ulla
White matter (WM) changes are frequently seen on structural imaging in AD but the clinical relevance of these changes is uncertain. Frontal WM pathology is often observed upon neuropathological examination in AD. Since frontal cortical/sub-cortical pathology is known to relate to executive dysfunction, the aim was to elucidate if frontal WM changes in AD correlated […]
Longitudinal progression of cognitive decline correlates with changes in the spatial pattern of brain 18F-FDG PET
Shokouhi, S.,
Claassen, D.,
Kang, H.,
Ding, Z.,
Rogers, B.,
Mishra, A.,
Riddle, W. R.
Unlabelled: Evaluating the symptomatic progression of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) caused by Alzheimer disease (AD) is practically accomplished by tracking performance on cognitive tasks, such as the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale’s cognitive subscale (ADAS_cog), the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), and the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ). The longitudinal relationships between cognitive decline and metabolic function as […]
Qualification of the analytical and clinical performance of CSF biomarker analyses in ADNI
Shaw, Leslie M.,
Vanderstichele, Hugo,
Knapik-Czajka, Malgorzata,
Figurski, Michal,
Coart, Els,
Blennow, Kaj,
Soares, Holly,
Simon, Adam J.,
Lewczuk, Piotr,
Dean, Robert A.,
Siemers, Eric,
Potter, William,
Lee, Virginia M.-Y.,
Trojanowski, John Q.
The close correlation between abnormally low pre-mortem cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of amyloid-β1-42 (Aβ(1-42)) and plaque burden measured by amyloid imaging as well as between pathologically increased levels of CSF tau and the extent of neurodegeneration measured by MRI has led to growing interest in using these biomarkers to predict the presence of AD plaque […]