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Balance, executive functions and falls in elderly with Alzheimer's disease (AD): A longitudinal study
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-03-01)
Elderly individuals with AD are more susceptible to falls, which might be associated with decrements in their executive functions and balance, among other things. We aimed to analyze the effects of a program of dual task ...
Benefits of Exercise on the Executive Functions in People with Parkinson Disease
(2017-05-01)
Objective We have made a 3-arm trial (group vs. individual exercise vs. no treatment) to test the effects of a 6-month exercise program upon the executive functions in participants with Parkinson disease. Methods Twenty-four ...
Executive dysfunction correlates with impaired functional status in older adults with varying degrees of cognitive impairment
(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008)
Background: Previous studies have reported an association between executive dysfunction and the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL)s among older adults. This study aims to examine the association between ...
Benefits of physical exercise on executive functions in older people with Parkinson's disease
(Academic Press Inc. Elsevier B.V., 2009-03-01)
The benefits of physical exercise on cognitive functioning have been reported in the literature, but the potential benefits to slow the eventual decline in executive functioning (EF) caused by neurodegeneration from ...
Rehabilitation of executive dysfunction: A controlled trial of an attention and problem solving treatment group
(PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, 2009)
In this study, the effectiveness of a group-based attention and problem solving (APS) treatment approach to executive impairments in patients with frontal lobe lesions was investigated. Thirty participants with lesions in ...
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: The impact of clinical variables and psychiatric disorders on executive profile assessed with a comprehensive neuropsychological battery
(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCESAN DIEGO, 2012)
Executive dysfunction is reported in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). However, batteries employed in previous studies included no more than three tests of executive function. In this study, we aimed to assess executive ...
Chronopharmacological effects of growth hormone on the executive function and oxidative stress response in rats
(2017-01-01)
Objective(s): To investigate the chronopharmacological effects of growth hormone on executive function and the oxidative stress response in rats. Materials and Methods: Fifty male Wistar rats (36-40 weeks old) had ad libitum ...
Subclinical hypothyroidism and neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2015-02)
The aim of this study was to compare neurocognitive functioning between euthymic bipolar disorder (BD) patients with and without subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). Patients with SCH had poorer performance than patients ...
The opinion of parents and teachers of students with learning disorders regarding executive function skills
(ABRAMO Associação Brasileira de Motricidade Orofacial, 2017-09-01)
ABSTRACTPurpose: to compare the opinion of parents and teachers of students with learning disorders, regarding executive function skills.Methods: a cross-sectional cohort study, involving 39 students, boys and girls, with ...