Functional Deficiency

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment performed faster on functional skills assessments and logged fewer dropouts when undergoing concurrent burst cognitive training, according to a poster from CTAD.

In patients with minor nondisabling acute ischemic stroke, treatment with dual antiplatelet therapy was noninferior to treatment with IV alteplase, according to the results of the ARAMIS trial.

Ataluren preserved muscle burst activity across a range of ambulatory tests compared with placebo in boys with nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to a poster at the 2023 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference.

Use of early vs. delayed antihypertensive treatment after onset of acute ischemic stroke to reduce risk for composite case-fatality and major disability at 3 months.

Researchers observed no difference in 3-month functional outcomes or mortality among patients with acute ischemic stroke who underwent early BP-lowering therapy compared with a delayed strategy, a speaker reported.

CHICAGO — For older adults who experience first-time stroke, approaching recovery with optimism improves functional recovery, according to a poster at the American Neurological Association annual meeting.

Several factors, including age at onset during adolescence, can differentiate the future course of adolescent depression, according to results of a longitudinal, population-based study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Among patients with stroke who presented early after symptom onset, those treated by a mobile stroke unit were more functionally independent at 90 days compared with those treated with the “drip and ship” method, researchers reported.

Older cancer survivors had a greater likelihood and faster rate of functional decline — including weak grip strength, slow gait speed and lower overall physical performance — than those without a cancer history, according to study results.