TITLE:
Relationship between Cerebral Imaging and Executive Functions in Egyptian Elderly
AUTHORS:
Motassem S. Amer, Nagia A. Fahmy, Sarah A. Hamza, Eman F. Tash, Mohammmad A. A. Allaboudy
KEYWORDS:
Executive Functions, Cerebral Infarctions, Elderly
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Aging Research,
Vol.3 No.2,
May
8,
2014
ABSTRACT: This study aimed at assessing the relationship between executive functions
and left sided hemiplegia due to non hemorrhagic supratentorial infarction in elderly
Egyptians. It is considered a case control study which was conducted among 90 elderly
participants, who were divided into two groups: a case group, 45 cases with cerebral
infarctions of 6 months duration or more, and a control group who did not have previous
cerebral infarctions. Both groups were selected from Ain shams University Hospital.
Each participant was subjected to comprehensive geriatric assessment, executive
functions assessment using, block design test, digit span, letter verbal
fluency test, animal verbal fluency test and clock drawing test, and then a Computed
Tomography (CT) brain was performed. It was found that cases were suffering from
more functional impairment than controls, and have had significant lower scores
in Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) (P