@article{ref1,
title="Functional living in older adults with type 2 diabetes: executive functioning, dual task performance, and the impact on postural stability and motor control",
journal="Journal of aging and health",
year="2014",
author="Smith, Michael A. and Else, Jane E. and Paul, Lorna and Foster, Jonathan K. and Walker, Mark and Wesnes, Keith A. and Riby, Leigh M.",
volume="26",
number="5",
pages="841-859",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) experience accelerated age-related decline in some domains of cognition. The present study sought to investigate executive functioning and dual tasking capacities in this group. <br><br>METHOD: Older adults with DM2 and age-matched controls completed self-report measures assessing everyday activities, a comprehensive cognitive battery and more specific tasks assessing executive functioning, dual tasking, postural stability, and motor control. <br><br>RESULTS: Executive abilities were particularly compromised in the participants with DM2. Furthermore, the DM2 group exhibited reduced postural stability under dual task conditions. <br><br>DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that deficits in more complex cognitive activities underlie the decline in everyday function in DM2.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0898-2643",
doi="10.1177/0898264314534896",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264314534896"
}