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Volume 5 (2005) - May 2005

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Foot pressure distribution during walking in young and old adults

Mary Hessert, Mitul Vyas, Jason Leach, Kun Hu, Lewis A Lipsitz, Vera Novak BMC Geriatrics 2005, 5:8 (19 May 2005)

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Brief cognitive assessment in a UK population sample – distributional properties and the relationship between the MMSE and an extended mental state examination

Felicia A Huppert, Sara T Cabelli, Fiona E Matthews, the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS) BMC Geriatrics 2005, 5:7 (4 May 2005)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central |  Editor’s summary

Screening 12,000 participants gives valuable normative values for the Extended Mental Status Exam and MMSE, and shows that while the EMSE discriminates better among high ability scores, it is no better at differentiating between dementia and non-dementia.