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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2017.22.05.051

Correlation Analysis between Cognitive function and Praxis tasks in the Elderly  

Shin, Su-Jung (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Jungwon University)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.22, no.5, 2017 , pp. 51-56 More about this Journal
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The purpose of this study was to identify differences in cognitive function according to the presence or absence of apraxia and the tasks most relevant to the cognitive function among the various types of tasks in the apraxia test. The subjects were 42 community residents who participated in a cognitive rehabilitation program related to dementia in a Chungbuk area. MMSE-K and BCoS(Birmingham Cognitive Screen) apraxia test were administered to all subjects. The apraxia test includes three types of tasks, gesture production tasks that make meaningful movements according to verbal instructions, gesture recognition tasks that display behavior after make sense of meanings, and meaningless imitation task. Apraxia group(n=30, MMSE-K mean score: 25) showed lower cognitive function than group without apraxia(n=12, MMSE-K mean score: 28). All tasks in the apraxia test showed a significant correlation with cognitive function, but the meaningless imitation task had a negligible correlation. The apraxia test is a good way to assess cognitive function, and it may be more effective to use meaningful behavior to replace cognitive testing.
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Cognitive function; Apraxia test; Meaningful gestures; Meaningless gestures;
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