Biomechanics: focus on ageing and cognitive decline
September 27, 2024Magyar Testnevelési és Sporttudományi Egyetem

Artificial intelligence (AI) could also help to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

The  2nd Biomechanics in Sport and Ageing Symposium: Artificial Intelligence (AI) symposium to be held at the Hungarian University of Sports Science (TF) will feature interesting and special presentations.

The symposium entitled “Motor-cognitive function and AI in ageing” will focus on ageing and cognitive decline, as well as artificial intelligence (AI). János Négyesi, adjunct professor at the Department of Kinesiology at TF will be the chair of the symposium on 16 October.

"Ageing also causes changes in movement-related and cognitive functions. In our lectures, we investigate, among other things, how these can be monitored with the help of artificial intelligence," said the researcher from the Neurocognitive Research Centre of the Gyula Nyírő National Institute of Psychiatry and Addiction and CRU Hungary Zrt. “AI can see much better than we can with our eyes, and if we let it look at different data sets, so to speak, it can recognise certain patterns."

How amazing it is to see that artificial intelligence could play a role in detecting Alzheimer's disease, one of the biggest "enemies" of ageing.

"How can AI and its tools be used to detect Alzheimer's disease? By combining brain imaging and AI-based data analysis, we are trying to identify structural, functional and neuro-biological so-called biomarkers that can help predict the likelihood of a person with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or subjective cognitive decline (SCD) to develop Alzheimer's disease in the next two-five years. Early detection is very important, as it can be done either through lifestyle changes or medication to mitigate the future course of the disease. If our present efforts are successful and our hypotheses are confirmed, our results may also help to avoid drastic drug treatment in patients with MCI or SCD who have a low chance of developing Alzheimer's disease, thus eliminating unnecessary potential side effects. In a word, AI has a significant role to play in the study of ageing and the cognitive decline that accompanies it", said the researcher.

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