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The following scientific papers have been published.

Bibliography is ordered by type and date of publication.

Papers Addressing Primary Aims of the Study

1.        Priplata AA, Patritti BL, Niemi JB, Hughes R, Gravelle DC, Lipsitz LA, Veves A,
Stein J, Bonato P, Collins JJ. Noise-enhanced Balance Control in Patients with
Diabetes and Patients with Stroke. Ann Neurol. 2006 Jan; 59(1):4-12. PMC ID:
16287079

2.        Costa M, Priplata AA, Lipsitz LA, Wu Z, Huang NE, Goldberger AL, Peng CK.
Noise and poise: Enhancement of postural complexity in the elderly with a stochastic-
resonance-based therapy. Europhys Lett. 2007 Mar; 77:68008. PMC ID: 1949396

3.        Sorond FA, Schnyer DM, Serrador JM, Millberg WP, Lipsitz LA. Cerebral blood
flow regulation during cognitive tasks: Effects of healthy aging. Cortex. 2008 Feb; 44:
179-184. PMC ID: 2398722

4.        Leveille SG, Kiel DP, Jones RN, Roman A, Hannan MT, Sorond FA, Kang HG,
Samelson EJ, Gagnon MM, Freeman MB, Lipsitz LA. The MOBILIZE Boston Study:
Design and Methods of a Prospective Cohort Study of Novel Risk Factors for Falls in
an Older Population. BMC Geriatr.
2008 Jul; 8:16. PMC ID: 2500010

5.        Samelson EJ, Kelsey JL, Kiel DP, Roman AM, Cupples LA, Lipsitz LA, Freeman
MB, Jones RN, Hannan MT, Leveille SG, Gagnon MM, Lipsitz LA. Issues in
Conducting Epidemiologic Research in Elders: Lessons from the MOBILIZE Boston
Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Dec 15; 168(12): 1444-51. PMC ID: 18953059

6.        Sorond FA, Serrador JM, Jones RN, Shaffer ML, Lipsitz LA, The Sit-to-Stand
Technique for the Measurement of Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation. Ultrasound in
Medicine and Biology. 2009 Jan 35(1):21-29. PM ID: 18834658

7.        Eggermont LHP, Bean JF, Guralnik JM, Leveille SG. Comparing Pain Severity
Versus Pain Location in the MOBILIZE Boston Study: Chronic Pain and Lower
Extremity Function. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009. Vol 64A, No.7, 763-770.

8.        Hajjar I, Yang F, Sorond FA, Jones RN, Milberg W, Cupples LA, Lipsitz LA.   A
Novel Aging Phenotype of Slow Gait, Impaired Executive Function and Depressive
Symptoms: Relationship to Blood Pressure and other Cardiovascular Risks. J.
Gerontol. 2009

9.        Eggermont LHP, Milberg WP, Lipsitz LA, Scherder EJA, Leveille SG. Physical
activity and executive function in aging: The MOBILIZE Boston Study. (Accepted by
JAGS, in press)

10.        Galica AM, Kang HG, Priplata AA, D’Andrea SE, Starobinets OV, Sorond FA,
Cupples LA, Collins JJ, Lipsitz LA. Subsensory Vibrations to the Feet Reduce Gait
Variability in Elderly Fallers: The MOBILIZE Boston Study. Gait Posture 2009. Oct; 30
(3); 383-7. Epub 2009 Jul 25. PMC ID: Pending

11.        Eggermont LH, Shmerling RH, Leveille SG. Tender Point Count, Fibromyalgia
and Physical Function in the Older Population: The MOBILIZE Boston Study. Journal
of Pain. (In Press)

12.        Leveille SG, Jones RN, Kiely DK, Hausdorff JM, Shmerling RH, Huralnik JM,
Kiel DP, Lipsitz LA, Bean JF. Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and the Incidence of Falls
in an Older Population. JAMA. 2009;302(20):2214-2221.

Ancillary Papers Utilizing Study Resources

1.        Meydani SN, Leka LS, Fine BC, Dallal GE, Keusch GT, Singh MF, Hamer DH.
Vitamin E and respiratory tract infections in elderly nursing home residents: A
randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 Aug 18; 292(7):828-836. PMC ID: 2377357

2.        Hammer JW, Cohen MA, Mukai S, Lipsitz LA, Taylor JA. Spectral Indices of
human cerebral blood flow control: Responses to augmented blood pressure
oscillations. J Physiol. 2004 Sept 15; 559(pt 3): 965-973.   PMC ID: 1665190

3.        Olufsen MS, Ottesen JT, Tran HT, Ellwein LM, Lipsitz LA, Novak V. Blood
pressure and blood flow variation during postural change from sitting to standing:
Model development and validation. J Appl Physiol. 2005; 99(4):1523-1537.   PMC ID:
2094039

4.        Serrador JM, Sorond FA, Vyas M, Gagnon MM, Iloputaife ID, Lipsitz LA.
Cerebral pressure-flow relations in hypertensive elderly humans: transfer gain in
different frequency domains. J Appl Physiol. 2005; 98(1):151-159. PMC ID: 2376902

5.        Lipsitz LA, Iloputaife ID, Gagnon MM, Kiely DK, Serrador JM. Enhanced
vasoreactivity and its response to antihypertensive therapy in hypertensive elderly
women. Hypertension. 2006 Mar; 47(3):377-383. PMC ID: 1388264

6.        Novak V, Last D, Alsop DC, Abduljalil AM, Hu K, Lepicovsky L, Cavallerano J,
Lipsitz LA. Cerebral blood flow velocity and periventricular white matter
hyperintensities in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2006 Jul; 29(7):1529-1534. PMC
ID: 1978169

7.        Kim DH, Lipsitz LA, Ferrucci L, Varadhan R, Guralnik JM, Carlson MC, Fleisher
LA, Fried LP, Chaves PHM. Association between reduced heart rate variability and
cognitive impairment in older disabled women in the community: Women’s health and
aging study 1. J Amer Geriatr Soc. 2006 Nov; 54:1751-1757. PMC ID: 2276586

8.        Won A, Lapane KL, Vallow S, Schein J, Morris JN, Lipsitz LA. Long-term
effects of analgesics in a population of elderly nursing home residents with persistent
nonmalignant pain. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2006 Feb; 61A(2): 165-169. PMC ID:
2276585

9.        Xiang M, Wang J, Kaplan E, Oettgen P, Lipsitz LA, Morgan JP, Min JY.
Antiapoptotic Effect of implanted embryonic stem cell-driven early-differentiated cells
in aging rats after myocardial infarction. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006 Dec; 61
(12): 1219-1227. PMC ID: 2276583

10.        Meydani SN, Barnett JB, Dallal GE, Fine BC, Jacques PF, Leka LS, Hamer
DH. Serum zinc and pneumonia in nursing home elderly. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Apr; 86
(4): 1167-1173. PMC ID: 2323679

11.        Novak V, Hu K, Vyas M, Lipsitz LA. Cardiolocomotor coupling in young and
elderly people. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2007 Jan; 62A(1): 86-92. PMC ID: 2276582

12.        Grossman SA, Fischer C, Lipsitz LA, Mottley L, Sands K, Thompson S,
Zimetbaum P, Shapiro N. Predicting adverse outcomes in syncope. J Emer Med.
2007 Oct; 33: 233-239. PMC ID: 2276584

13.        Hajjar I, Lackland DT, Cupples A, Lipsitz LA. Association between concurrent
and remote blood pressure and disability in older adults. Hypertension. 2007 Dec;50
(6): 1026-1032. PMC ID: 18025294

14.        Hu K, Peng CK, Huang NE, Wu Z, Lipsitz LA, Cavallerano J, Novak V. Altered
Phase Interactions between Spontaneous Blood Pressure and Flow Fluctuations in
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Nonlinear Assessment of Cerebral Autoregulation. Physica
A. 2008 Apr 1;387(10):2279-2292. PMC ID: 2329796

15.        Sorond FA, Lipsitz LA, Hollenberg NK, Fisher NDL. Cerebral Blood flow
response to flavanol-rich cocoa in healthy elderly humans. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat.
2008 Apr; 4(2):433-40.PMC ID: 18728792

16.        Mody L, Miller DK, McGloin J, Freeman M, Marcantonio ER, Magaziner J,
Studenski S. Recruitment and Retention of Older Adults in Aging Research. J Am
Geriatr Soc. 2008 Dec; 56(12):2340-8. PMC ID: 9093934

17.        Bischoff HA, Dawson-Hughes B, Staehelin HB, Orav JE, Stuck AE, Theiler R,
Wong JB, Egli A, Kiel DP, Henschkowski J. Fall Prevention with supplemental and
active forms of Vitamin D: a meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. BMJ
2009; 339:b3692. PMCID: Pending

Publications by Research Trainees & Faculty Using RNH Resources

1.        Kuo H-K, Sorond FA, Chen J-H, Hashmi A, Millberg WP, Lipsitz LA. The role of
Homocysteine in multi-system age –related problems: a systematic review. J Gerontol
Med Sci. 2005 Sep; 60A(9): 1190-1201. PM ID: 16183962

2.        Lamberg JL, Person CJ, Kiely DK, Mitchell SL. Decisions to hospitalize nursing
home residents dying with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Aug; 53:1396-
400. PM ID: 16078968

3.        Kuo H-K, Jones RN, Milberg WP, Tennstedt S, Talbot L, Morris JN, Lipsitz LA.
Effect of blood pressure and diabetes mellitus on cognitive and physical functions in
older adults: A longitudinal analysis of the advanced cognitive training for
independent and vital elderly cohort. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Jul; 53(7): 1154-61.
PMC ID: 16108933

4.        Kuo H-K, Jones RN, Milberg WP, Tennstedt S, Talbot L, Morris JN, Lipsitz LA.
Cognitive Function in Normal Weight, Overweight, Obese and Older Adults: An
Analysis of the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly
Cohort. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Jan; 54(1):97-103. PM ID: 16420204

5.        Chen J, Lamberg JL, Chen Y, Kiely DK, Page JH, Person CJ, Mitchell SL.
Occurrence and Treatment of Suspected Pneumonia in Long-term Care Residents
Dying with Advanced Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Feb; 54:290-295. PM ID:
16460381

6.        Rudolph JL, Jones RN, Grande LJ, Millberg WP, King EG, Lipsitz LA, Levkoff
SE, Marcantonio ER. Impaired Executive Function is Associated with Delirium After
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 June: 54(6): 937-941.
PMC ID: 2398689

7.        Chen, J, Chan D, Kiely DK, Morris JN, Mitchell SL. Terminal trajectories of
functional decline in the long term care setting. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007
May; 62(5): 531-6. PMC ID: 17522358

8.        Yang FM, Jones RN. Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-
D) Item Response Bias Found with Mantel-Haenszel Method Successfully Replicated
Using Latent Variable Modeling.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 Nov; 60(11): 1195-1200. PMC ID: 2254214

9.        Yang FM, Cazorla-Lancaster, Y, Jones RN. Within group differences in
depression among older Hispanics living in the United States. J Gerontol B Psychol
Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Jan; 63(1):P27-32. PMC ID: 2366970

10.        Berry SD, Samelson EJ, Hannan MT, McLean RR, Lu M, Cupples LA, Shaffer
ML, Beiser AL, Kelly-Hayes M, Kiel DP. Second Hip Fracture in Older Men and
Women: the Framingham Study. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Oct 8;167 (18):1971-76.   PM
ID: 17923597

11.        Rudolph JL, Ramlawi B, Kuchel GA, McElhaney JE, Xie D, Sellke FW,
Khabbaz K, Levkoff SE, Marcantonio ER. Chemokines are Associated with Delirium
After Cardiac Surgery. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008 Feb; 63A: 184-189. PM ID:
18314455

12.        Yang FM, Inouye SK, Fearing MA, Kiely DK, Marcantonio ER, Jones RN.
Participation in Activity
and Risk for Incident Delirium. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Aug; 56(8):1479-84. Epub
2008 Jun 10.
PMC ID: 2575031 [Available on 2009/08/01]

13.        Kiely DK, Cupples LA, Lipsitz LA. Comparison of 2 Frailty Indexes: The
MOBILIZE Boston Study JAGS 2009.

14.        Nakagawa K, Serrador JM, Larose SL, Moslehi F, Sorond FA, Lipsitz LA.
Autoregulation in the Posterior Circulation is Altered by the Metabolic State of the
Visual Cortex. Stroke. 2009 Apr 9. [Epub ahead of print]. PM ID: 19359628

15.        Kiely DK, Marcantonio, ER, Inouye SK, Shaffer ML, Bergmann MA, Yang FM,
Fearing MA,
Jones RN. Delirium and Mortality Among New Admissions to Post-Acute Care. JAMA,
2008, under review

16.        Fearing MA, Shi P, Jones RN, Belleville-Taylor P, Marcantonio, ER, Yang FM,
Kiely DK, Inouye SK. Delirium in Alzheimer’s Disease: Impact on Cognitive Change. J
Am Geriatr Soc. 2008, under review.

Abstracts: Presentations made at Professional Meetings/Published in
Meeting Proceedings

1.        Leveille SG, Bean J, Shmerling J, Jones RA, Audette J. Non-pharmacologic
pain management and attitudes about pain management in a population-based
cohort of older adults. Gerontologist 2007.

2.        Priplata AA, Bancroft J, Jones RA, Costa M, Gensure R, Kiel DP, Lipsitz LA.
Fallers have loss of postural complexity during a cognitive task. American Geriatrics
Society. Seattle, WA 2007.

3.        Leveille SG, Hannan MT, Kiel DP, Jones RN, Priplata AA, Roman A, Gagnon
MM, Freeman M, Samelson EJ, Lipsitz LA. Pursuing the next frontier in risk factors for
falls in the older population: The MOBIZE Boston study. Gerontologist 2007;47(S1):
296.

4.        Galica A, Priplata AA, D’ Andrea SE, Kang HG, Starobinets OV, Collins JJ,
Lipsitz LA. Sub-threshold vibrations to the feet improve gait variability in the elderly.
Gerontological Society of America. San Francisco, CA 2007.

5.        Sorond FA, Kiely DK, Iloputaife I, Galica AM, Gensure R, Lipsitz LA. Impaired
Cerebral vasomotor reactivity and falls in an elderly population. American Heart
Association : International Stroke Conference. 2007.

6.        Kang HG, Galica AM, Priplata AA, D’ Andrea SE, Starobinets OV, Collins JJ,
Lipsitz LA. Sub-threshold vibrations to the feet reduce gait variability in the elderly.
American Geriatrics Society: Annual Scientific Meeting. 2008.

7.        Kang HG, Costa M, Priplata AA, Starobinets OV, Goldberger AL, Peng CK,
Cupples LA, Kiely DK, Lipsitz LA. Complexity of Balance Dynamics and Frailty.
American Geriatrics Society. 2008

8.        Leveille SG, Bean JF, Shmerling RH, Jones RN, Audette J, Guralnik J, Kiel DP.
Chronic pain characteristics associated with risk factors for falls in the older
population. The Gerontologist 2008; 48(S2):483.

9.        Kang HG, Starobinets OV, Peng CK, Kiely D, Cupples LA, Costa M,
Goldberger A, Lipsitz LA. Complexity of Balance Dynamics during Quiet Standing and
Dual-Task: Multi-Scale Entropy.   The Gerontologist 2008; 48(S2):262.

10.        Nguyen US, Dufour A, Gagnon MM, Hannan MT, Kiel DP. Do Risk Factors for
Hallux Valgus Differ Between Elderly Women and Men: The MOBILIZE Boston Study.
American College of Rheumatology/ Association of Rheumatology Health
Professionals. 2008.

11.        Kang HG, Costa M, Priplata AA, Starobinets OV, Goldberger AL, Peng CK,
Cupples AL, Lipsitz LA. Postural Sway Complexity and Frailty. AGS. 2008.

12.        Kang HG, Starobinets OV, Peng CK, Kiely DK, Cupples LA, Costa M,
Goldberger A, Lipsitz LA, Priplata AA. Complexity and Frailty: Multiscale Entropy of
Balance dynamics during quiet standing and dual task: The MOBILIZE Boston Study.
International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition. 2008.

13.        Gagnon MM, Kiel DP, Aneja A, Freeman MB, Jones RN, Rockett C, Hannan
MT. Methods of Tracking Falls in the MOBILIZE Boston Study (MBS): Quarterly
Telephone Recall Compared to Monthly Falls Calendars.   The Gerontologist 2008; 48
(S2):335.

14.        Jones RN, Yang F. Depression in Very Old Adults: A New Measure in a New
Population of Older Adults. The Gerontologist 2008; 48(S2):262.

15.        Hannan MT, Gensure RH, Dufour AB, Broe KE, Gagnon DR, Hillstrom HJ.
Foot pain is related to poorer balance in a population of elderly men and women.
EULAR. 2008.

16.        Nguyen US, Galica AM, Gagnon MM, Kiel DP, Hannan MT. Foot Problems
and Balance as Measured by Kistler Force Plate, Berg Scale and Tandem
Performance in Elderly Men and Women. The Gerontologist 2008; 48(S2):483.

17.        Gangavati AS, Hajjar I, Quach L, Jones RA, Kiley DK, Gagnon MM, Lipsitz LA.
Uncontrolled Hypertension, Orthostatic Hypotension and Recurrent Falls in
Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals: The MOBILIZE Boston Study (MBS). JAGS.
Vol 57: 4 Supplement: S16, 2009.

18.        Leveille SG, Bean JF, Shmerling R, Jones RN. Measuring Pain in Older
Adults: New Considerations about the Fifth Vital Sign. American Pain Society 2009.

19.        Kang HG, Lipsitz LA.   Dual-task and the Postural Stiffness Model and Older
adults: The MOBILIZE Boston Study. International Society of Biomechanics 2009.