Sensory and Motor Peripheral Nerve Function and Incident Mobility Disability

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2014-12, Vol.62 (12), p.2273-2279
• Main Authors: Ward, Rachel E., Boudreau, Robert M., Caserotti, Paolo, Harris, Tamara B., Zivkovic, Sasa, Goodpaster, Bret H., Satterfield, Suzanne, Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Schwartz, Ann V., Vinik, Aaron I., Cauley, Jane A., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Newman, Anne B., Strotmeyer, Elsa S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Body Composition - physiology; Chronic Disease; Disability; Disability Evaluation; Female; General aspects; Geriatric Assessment; Geriatrics; Humans; longitudinal analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Mobility Limitation; Motor ability; Motor Neurons - physiology; muscle strength; Neural Conduction - physiology; Neurologic Examination; older adults; Pennsylvania; peripheral nerve function; Peripheral Nerves - physiopathology; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology; Prospective Studies; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk Factors; Sensory Thresholds - physiology; Tennessee; Toes - innervation
• ISSN: 0002-8614; 1532-5415
• DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13152

Objectives To assess the relationship between sensorimotor nerve function and incident mobility disability over 10 years. Design Prospective cohort study with longitudinal analysis. Setting Two U.S. clinical sites. Participants Population‐based sample of community‐dwelling older adults with no mobility disability at 2000/01 examination (N = 1,680; mean age ± SD 76.5 ± 2.9, body mass index 27.1 ± 4.6; 50.2% female, 36.6% black, 10.7% with diabetes mellitus). Measurements Motor nerve conduction amplitude (poor