Relationship between comprehensive geriatric assessment and amyloid PET in older persons with MCI

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 337 - 9
• Main Authors: Lauretani, Fulvio, Ruffini, Livia, Scarlattei, Maura, Maggio, Marcello
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 09.09.2020; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid deposition; Atrophy; Behavior; Clinical medicine; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Dysfunction - diagnostic imaging; Dementia; Disease; Executive function; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Geriatrics; Hand Strength; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; MCI; Memory; Mental depression; Muscle strength; Neurodegenerative diseases; Older people; Older persons; Patients; Physical performance; Positron emission tomography; Positron emission tomography; motoric-cognitive risk syndrome; Public health; Questionnaires; Software; Positron emission tomography; motoric-cognitive risk syndrome; Amyloid deposition; MCI; Alzheimer’s disease; Physical performance; Older persons

The association between amyloid deposition and cognitive, behavioral and physical performance in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been poorly investigated, especially in older persons. We studied the in vivo correlation between the amyloid deposition at Positr...