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Rest–activity and behavioral disruption in a patient with frontotemporal dementia
- Source :
- Neurocase. 15:515-526
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2009.
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Abstract
- The neurological deterioration in dementia is associated with disturbances in circadian rhythms and rest-activity patterns. These disruptions have been documented in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies but little is known about rest-activity patterns in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We report longitudinal (2 year) actigraphy results for a patient who met diagnostic criteria for FTD and his family caregiver. The subject and his family caregiver wore Actiwatches continuously for 2-weeks at 1-year intervals. The findings suggest that with disease progression there is worsening in multiple areas of rest-activity measures for the patient and a negative impact on sleep quality for the family caregiver.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Photoperiod
Rest
Disease
Motor Activity
Neuropsychological Tests
Article
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
mental disorders
medicine
Humans
Dementia
Longitudinal Studies
Circadian rhythm
Psychiatry
Behavior
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Disease progression
Brain
Actigraphy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Rest activity
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Circadian Rhythm
Caregivers
Frontotemporal Dementia
Disease Progression
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Sleep
Psychology
Frontotemporal dementia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14653656 and 13554794
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neurocase
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2818e7de04b4a63cf17c0ebbaa146523