التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Vestibular Function Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease. |
| المؤلفون: |
Kiyotaka Nakamagoe, Suguru Fujimiya, Tadachika Koganezawa, Kotarou Kadono, Kotone Shimizu, Natsu Fujizuka, Shino Takiguchi, Tomoyuki Ueno, Tatsuya Monzen, Akira Tamaoka, Nakamagoe, Kiyotaka, Fujimiya, Suguru, Koganezawa, Tadachika, Kadono, Kotarou, Shimizu, Kotone, Fujizuka, Natsu, Takiguchi, Shino, Ueno, Tomoyuki, Monzen, Tatsuya, Tamaoka, Akira |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; 2015, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p185-196, 12p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ALZHEIMER'S disease research, ACCIDENTAL falls in old age, BONE fractures in old age, MILD cognitive impairment, NYSTAGMUS |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Falls and fractures due to impaired balance in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have an adverse effect on the clinical course of the disease.Objective: To evaluate balance impairment in AD from the viewpoint of vestibular functional impairment.Methods: The subjects were 12 patients with AD, 12 dementia-free elderly adults, and 12 younger adults. Vestibular function was assessed using a stepping test, caloric nystagmus, and a visual suppression (VS) test.Results: The stepping test was abnormal in 9 of the 12 patients in the AD group. An abnormal stepping test was not associated with self-reported dizziness or tendency to fall. Significant VS abnormalities were present in the AD group. The suppression rate of VS was lower in AD patients with either a tendency to fall or constructional apraxia than in AD patients without either. The velocity of the rapid phase of caloric nystagmus before the VS test was similar in the AD group and the elderly control group. Significant abnormalities of both caloric nystagmus and VS were not present in either the elderly or the younger control groups.Conclusion: AD could involve impairments in the vestibular control of balance. The VS test is useful for assessing the tendency to fall in AD. Impairment of VS in AD might arise from cerebral vestibular cortex impairment rather than comorbid peripheral vestibular disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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