Kaitlyn Paltzat, Sara Scott, Kirnvir K Dhaliwal, Terry Saunders-Smith, Braden J Manns, Tavis Campbell, Noah Ivers, Raj Pannu, David J T Campbell
Patient Perspectives on a Tailored Self-Management Education and Support Intervention for Low-Income Seniors With Chronic Health Conditions
CJC open
tactile discrimination cognitive task reliant fingertip touch stimulus discrimination encompasses somatosensory system working memory acuity diminishing advancing age presently evaluation cognitive capacity differentiate individuals early alzheimers disease ad typical older adults predominantly relies visual auditory tasks yet efficacy discrimination remains constrained review existing tactile cognitive tasks explore interaction tactile perception pathological process alzheimers disease tactile discrimination task may used reference index cognitive decline patients mild cognitive impairment provide new method clinical evaluation searched four databases embase pubmed web science google scholar reference coverage 1936 2023 search terms included alzheimer disease mild cognitive impairment tactile tactile discrimination tactile test reviews experimental reports field examined effectiveness different types tactile tasks compared individuals initial phases alzheimers spectrum disease specifically stage mild cognitive impairment mci exhibit notable impairments tasks involving tactile discrimination tasks possess certain merits quick straightforward comparability independence educational background ability circumvent limitations associated conventional cognitive assessment scales furthermore tactile discrimination tasks offer enhanced accuracy compared cognitive tasks employ visual auditory stimuli tactile discrimination potential serve innovative reference indicator swift diagnosis clinical mci patients thereby assisting screening process clinical scale