Sharon L. Tennstedt
Boston University
114 Papers
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Sharon L. Tennstedt is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urinary incontinence & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 114 publications.
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Long-term effects of cognitive training on everyday functional outcomes in older adults
Sherry L. Willis,Sharon L. Tennstedt,Michael Marsiske,Karlene Ball,Jeffrey W. Elias,Kathy Mann Koepke,John N. Morris,George W. Rebok,Frederick W. Unverzagt,Anne M. Stoddard,Elizabeth C. Wright +10 more
TL;DR: Cognitive training resulted in improved cognitive abilities specific to the abilities trained that continued 5 years after the initiation of the intervention, and booster training for the speed of processing group showed a significant effect on the performance-based functional measure of everyday speed ofprocessing.
Adverse Events Associated with Testosterone Administration
Shehzad Basaria,Andrea D. Coviello,Thomas G. Travison,Thomas W. Storer,Wildon Farwell,Wildon Farwell,Alan M. Jette,Richard Eder,Sharon L. Tennstedt,Jagadish Ulloor,Anqi Zhang,Karen Choong,Kishore M. Lakshman,Norman A. Mazer,Renee Miciek,Joanne B. Krasnoff,Ayan Elmi,Philip E. Knapp,Brad Brooks,Erica R. Appleman,Sheetal Aggarwal,Geeta Bhasin,Leif Hede-Brierley,Ashmeet Bhatia,Lauren Collins,Nathan K. LeBrasseur,Louis D. Fiore,Shalender Bhasin +27 more
TL;DR: In this population of older men with limitations in mobility and a high prevalence of chronic disease, the application of a testosterone gel was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular adverse events.
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Prevalence and Impact of Caregiving: A Detailed Comparison Between Dementia and Nondementia Caregivers
TL;DR: This study documents the ways in which dementia care is different from other types of family caregiving and suggests the need to tailor programs and services to the unique challenges faced by dementia caregivers.
Ten-year effects of the advanced cognitive training for independent and vital elderly cognitive training trial on cognition and everyday functioning in older adults.
George W. Rebok,Karlene Ball,Lin T. Guey,Richard N. Jones,Hae-Young Kim,Jonathan W. King,Michael Marsiske,John N. Morris,Sharon L. Tennstedt,Frederick W. Unverzagt,Sherry L. Willis +10 more
TL;DR: To determine the effects of cognitive training on cognitive abilities and everyday function over 10 years, a large number of subjects were randomly assigned to receive cognitive training or placebo.
Retropubic versus Transobturator Midurethral Slings for Stress Incontinence
Holly E. Richter,Michael E. Albo,Halina M. Zyczynski,Kimberly Kenton,Peggy Norton,Larry Sirls,Stephen R. Kraus,Toby C. Chai,Gary E. Lemack,Kimberly J. Dandreo,R. Edward Varner,Shawn A. Menefee,Chiara Ghetti,Linda Brubaker,Ingrid Nygaard,Salil Khandwala,Thomas A. Rozanski,Harry W. Johnson,Joseph I. Schaffer,Anne M. Stoddard,Robert L. Holley,Charles W. Nager,Pamela A. Moalli,Elizabeth R. Mueller,Amy Arisco,Marlene M. Corton,Sharon L. Tennstedt,T. Debuene Chang,E. Ann Gormley,Heather J. Litman +29 more
TL;DR: The 12-month rates of objectively assessed success of treatment for stress incontinence with the retropubic and transobturator approaches met the prespecified criteria for equivalence; the rates of subjectively assessed success were similar between groups but did not meet the criteria for interchange.