Cognitive Impairment Highly Prevalent and Associated With Reduced Physical Function in Older Veteran Clinical Exercise Program
Global cognitive functioning was below the cutoff for normal cognition in 61% of participants, suggesting mild cognitive impairment is common in older exercise program enrollees. Lower cognitive scores were related to both reduced strength and endurance.
Authors
- Monica Serra
- Odessa Addison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8801-7231)
- Rebecca J. Melrose
- M. N. Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-4812)
- Cathy C. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7325-7603)
- Katherine S. Morris Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9834-2011)
- Stacy Schantz Wilkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5278-7832)
- Elisa F. Ogawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0816-5195)
- Jamie Giffuni
- Jonathan Wanagat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8460-8616)
- Lauren M. Abbate
- Adam D. Gepner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5869-2850)
- Mia Delgadillo
- Jin Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7983-0274)
- Daniel E. Forman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-2189)
- Neil B. Alexander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4118-219X)
- Steven Charles Castle
- Robert D. Harris
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- West Los Angeles College (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Cambridge Hospital (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
- Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (US)
- VA West Los Angeles Medical Center (US)
- VA Center for Clinical Management Research (US)
- Ann Arbor VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (US)
- Durham VA Medical Center (US)
- Baltimore VA Medical Center (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation
- Published
- 2025-07-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2025.100499
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Office of Rural Health