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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2022

Association Between Motor Task Performance and Hippocampal Atrophy Across Cognitively Unimpaired, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease Individuals.

Sydney Y Schaefer, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Andrew Hooyman, Jace B King, Kevin Duff

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sydney Y SchaeferSchool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Michael Malek-AhmadiBanner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Andrew HooymanSchool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Jace B KingDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Kevin DuffCenter for Alzheimer's Care, Imaging, & Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Arizona State University · USUniversity of Utah · USBanner Alzheimer’s Institute

Funding

Enriching clinical trials requiring amyloid positivity with practice effectsR01AG055428 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI DUFF, KEVIN M, HOFFMAN, JOHN M · 2017 to 2021
$3.6M
Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma 3T MRI scannerS10OD018482 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI PARKER, DENNIS L · 2015 to 2015
$1.2M
Generalization of functional task-specific motor training in older adultsK01AG047926 · NIA · UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SCHAEFER, SYDNEY YOSHIE · 2015 to 2018
$543k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG047926NIA NIH HHS R01 AG055428NIH HHS S10 OD018482
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hippocampal atrophy is a widely used biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the cost, time, and contraindications associated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) limit its use. Recent work has shown that a low-cost upper extremity motor task has potential in identifying AD risk. Fifty-four older adults (15 cognitively unimpaired, 24 amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and 15 AD) completed six motor task trials and a structural MRI. Several measures of motor task performance significantly predicted bilateral hippocampal volume, controlling for age, sex, education, and memory. Thus, this motor task may be an affordable, non-invasive screen for AD risk and progression.

Indexed as

Predictive Value of TestsTask Performance and AnalysisAgedAlzheimer DiseaseAmnesiaAtrophyCognitive DysfunctionFemaleHippocampusHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleAlzheimer’s diseasehippocampusmild cognitive impairmentpsychomotor performance

Identifiers

PMID34958015
PMCPMC12178544
OpenAlexW4200135097

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