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A systematic review of the relationship between familism and mental health outcomes in Latino population
(2016-10-25)
Background: Familismo or familism is a cultural value frequently seen in Hispanic cultures, in which a higher emphasis is placed on the family unit in terms of respect, support, obligation, and reference. Familism has been ...
C-20 Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predicts Processing Speed Performance in Urban Latin Americans
(2019-07-29)
Objective
There is evidence that cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) protects against age-related declines in processing speed (PS), but studies investigating older adults living in low and middle-income countries are lacking. ...
Development of a VO2Peak prediction equation in elderly
(2017)
Introduction. Aging decreases aerobic capacity as determined by direct maximal tests (Hassel et al. 2015). There are indirect methods to assess aerobic capacity such as the 6-min walking test (6MWT). Some equations to ...
Fitness Predicts Cognitive Performance in Urban Latin Americans
(2015)
Background: A recent clinical trial by the KU ADC indicated
that increasing fitness predicted better cognition in active
healthy older adults. Maximizing an individual’s cardiorespiratory
fitness was the most important ...
Health and Fitness Differences Between Urban and Rural Costa Rican Older Adults
(2019-06-01)
Costa Rica has one of the highest life expectancies in America, even higher than the
United States. Studies addressing health and fitness in Latin American urban and
rural older adults are scarce. PURPOSE: The purpose ...
Fitness and cognitive performance in urban Latin Americans
(2016)
Our group recently
conducted a randomized clinical
trial in US dwelling older adults
that indicated increasing
cardiorespiratory fitness (measured
by VO2 peak on treadmill)
resulted in better visuospatial
cognition ...
Impact of social support on cognitive vascular risk factors in latino older adults
(2019-11-15)
Objective: Central Americans have a cardiovascular disease (CVD) health advantage, as they are half as likely to carry CVD
as European Americans, despite having an equivalent degree of vascular risk factors (VRFs). We ...
Depressive Symptoms Affect Working Memory in Healthy Older Adult Hispanics
(2015-09-27)
Objectives: Low and middle income nations will experience an unprecedented growth of the elderly population and subsequent increase in age-related neurological disorders. Worldwide prevalence and incidence of all-types of ...