Instruct: Identify the main category of Medrxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Remote, unsupervised functional motor task evaluation in older adults across the United States using the MindCrowd electronic cohort The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the ability to evaluate motor function in older adults, as motor assessments typically require face-to-face interaction. This study tested whether motor function can be assessed at home. One hundred seventy-seven older adults nationwide (recruited through the MindCrowd electronic cohort) completed a brief functional upper-extremity assessment at home and unsupervised. Performance data were compared to data from an independent sample of community-dwelling older adults (N=250) assessed by an experimenter in-lab. The effect of age on performance was similar between the in-lab and at-home groups for both the dominant and non-dominant hand. Practice effects were also similar between the groups. Assessing upper-extremity motor function remotely is feasible and reliable in community-dwelling older adults. This test offers a practical solution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and telehealth practice and other research involving remote or geographically isolated individuals.
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The categories of this paper are: diseases
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The categories of this paper are: critical
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The categories of this paper are: primary
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The categories of this paper are: global
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The categories of this paper are: environmental
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The categories of this paper are: emergency
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The categories of this paper are: education
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The categories of this paper are: quality
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The categories of this paper are: gastroenterology
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The categories of this paper are: informatics
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The categories of this paper are: nutrition
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The categories of this paper are: medical
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The categories of this paper are: allergy
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The categories of this paper are: therapeutics
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The categories of this paper are: nephrology
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The categories of this paper are: toxicology