Association of Cognition With Functional Mobility in People With Alzheimer's Disease

Association of Cognition With Functional Mobility in People With Alzheimer's Disease

This study aimed to investigate relationship between cognitive function and functional mobility in Alzheimer's disease.

Our hypothesis is that the decrease in cognitive function in individuals with Alzheimer's disease is associated with the level of functional mobility. Sociodemographic information of participants will be recorded. Cognition will assessed with Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), global score and MoCA's visuospatial executive functions, naming, attention, language, abstract thinking, delayed recall, orientation sub-scores will recorded. Functional mobility will assessed Timed Up and Go Test and 5 Times Sit&Stand Test.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease according to the National Institute of --Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer's Disease (NINCDS-ADRDA) criteria,
• Over 65 years old,
• Cases who could understand the instructions given in Turkish were included in the study,
• Having ambulation skill independently or with walking aid.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia and one of the other types of dementia,
• Having a pulmonary, neurological, musculoskeletal or rheumatological disease that may prevent exercise,
• Unstable medical condition (uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension, deep vein thrombosis, etc.),
• Subjects with visual or auditory deficits or behavioral problems that would make communication difficult were not included in the study.