Objective: To critically review and evaluate existing knowledge on the conceptual limits and
clinical usefulness of the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the …

Importance Although participation in physical and cognitive activities is encouraged to
reduce the risk of dementia, the preventive efficacy of these activities for patients with mild …

Language batteries used to assess the skills of elderly individuals, such as naming and
semantic verbal fluency, present some limitations in differentiating healthy controls from …

Objective To verify the effects of a systematized multimodal exercise intervention program on
frontal cognitive function, postural control, and functional capacity components of individuals …

Verbal fluency is the ability to produce a satisfying sequence of spoken words during a given
time interval. The core of verbal fluency lies in the capacity to manage the executive aspects …

Objectives: Mild cognitive impairments (MCI) is a transitional state in aging associated with
increased risk of incident dementia. The current study investigated whether MCI status …

Background: Verbal fluency (VF) tasks are widely used in neuropsychological evaluations,
as a measure of executive/semantic dysfunction. The revised criteria for Alzheimer's disease …

The magnitude of functional impairment that may indicate the threshold between MCI and
incipient Alzheimer's disease (AD) has not been clearly defined. The objective was to …

Este artigo apresenta revisão e ampliação das recomendações sobre os testes e baterias
empregados no Brasil para o diagnóstico e avaliação cognitiva, funcional e comportamental …

Abstract Background The Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing
(NICOLA) is a prospective, longitudinal study of a representative cohort of older adults living …