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motor dysfunction

Pathology: - increases in timed chair rises starting 10 years before death* [1] - decline in walking speed starting 9 years before death* [1] - limitations in activities of daily living starting 4 years before death* [1] - decreased walking speed & limitations in activities of daily living are the strongest motor dysfunction predictors of mortality [1] * variable declines in motor function among older adults [1] Special laboratory: - timed get-up & go test would seem a simple test or motor dysfunction

Related

motor function neuromuscular disease; myoneural disease

Specific

motor fluctuation

General

neurologic disease

References

  1. Landre B, Fayosse A, Ben Hassen C et al. Terminal decline in objective and self-reported measures of motor function before death: 10 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study. BMJ 2021 Aug 5; 374:n1743. PMID: 34348957 PMCID: PMC8336001 Free PMC article https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1743