PMID- 22459181
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130121
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1532-2653 (Electronic)
IS  - 0967-5868 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 5
DP  - 2012 May
TI  - Compromised visually guided motor control in individuals with Alzheimer's 
      disease: can reliable distinctions be observed?
PG  - 655-60
LID - 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.09.013 [doi]
AB  - Identifying the multitude of deficits associated with dementia-related illnesses 
      such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) presents a significant challenge for many health 
      care facilities, particularly as current screening procedures may lack the 
      sensitivity to highlight all the relative functional deficits within these 
      populations. Although quick assessment screening tools, such as the Mini Mental 
      State Exam (MMSE), have been the mainstay in screening patients worldwide, there 
      are limitations to their ability in identifying visuomotor (VM) impairment. Thus, 
      the primary objective of this research was to evaluate the presence and level of 
      VM ability/deficits in healthy normal controls (NC) and populations with AD. The 
      research also aimed to demonstrate that a VM measure can be utilized successfully 
      in a busy health care setting. Results showed a clear distinction between the AD 
      and NC groups on the VM measure. Large effect size differences were observed 
      between groups, particularly as the VM task progressed through its varying 
      conditions. In addition, this novel VM assessment measure demonstrated good 
      presentation and speed and was appropriate for frontline staff in a primary 
      healthcare setting to undertake further examination of an individual's overall 
      visually guided ability/control.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Tippett, William J
AU  - Tippett WJ
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 
      University Way, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. tippett@unbc.ca
FAU - Sergio, Lauren E
AU  - Sergio LE
FAU - Black, Sandra E
AU  - Black SE
LA  - eng
GR  - 13129/CAPMC/CIHR/Canada
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120327
PL  - Scotland
TA  - J Clin Neurosci
JT  - Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society 
      of Australasia
JID - 9433352
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Alzheimer Disease/complications/*physiopathology
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Movement Disorders/*diagnosis/etiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Perceptual Disorders/*diagnosis/etiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Psychomotor Performance/*physiology
EDAT- 2012/03/31 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/23 06:00
CRDT- 2012/03/31 06:00
PHST- 2011/09/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/09/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/03/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/03/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0967-5868(11)00604-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.09.013 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Neurosci. 2012 May;19(5):655-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.09.013. Epub 
      2012 Mar 27.