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Validity, test-retest reliability, sensitivity to change and feasibility of motor-cognitive dual task assessments in patients with dementia.

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All DT-tests showed acceptable-excellent psychometric properties in patients with dementia with highest quality for the gait-based tests 'Walking & Counting' and 'W walking & reciting ABC'.
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This article is published in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics.The article was published on 2017-05-01. It has received 18 citations till now.

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Rehabilitation for Individuals with Dementia: Facilitating Success

TL;DR: Armed with an understanding of the unique qualities related to movement disorders and motor learning, PTs will be better equipped to exploit the strengths of IwD for optimal rehab outcomes.
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Transferability and Sustainability of Motor-Cognitive Dual-Task Training in Patients with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

TL;DR: This study confirmed that specific DT training is effective in improving specifically trained DT performances in PwD and demonstrated sustainability of training-induced effects for at least 3 months.
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Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

TL;DR: The concepts of power analysis are discussed in this paper, where Chi-square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables, t-Test for Means, and Sign Test are used.
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“Mini-mental state”: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician

TL;DR: A simplified, scored form of the cognitive mental status examination, the “Mini-Mental State” (MMS) which includes eleven questions, requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.

A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician

TL;DR: The Mini-Mental State (MMS) as mentioned in this paper is a simplified version of the standard WAIS with eleven questions and requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.
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Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report

TL;DR: A new Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) designed specifically for rating depression in the elderly was tested for reliability and validity and compared with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRS-D) and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS) as discussed by the authors.
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