Relationships of Fall Risk With Frailty, Sarcopenia, and Balance Disturbances in Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease.

Merve Güner Oytun Semra Topuz Arzu Okyar Bas Süheyla Çöteli Zeynep Kahyaoğlu İlker Boğa Serdar Ceylan Burcu Balam Doğu Mustafa Cankurtaran Meltem Gülhan Halil

Published in: Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) (2023)

We found that falls were not influenced by AD stage. Both physical and cumulative frailty were strongly associated with falls in patients with mild-to-moderate AD.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
physical activity
mental health
cognitive decline
mild cognitive impairment