Open AccessGait speed under varied challenges and cognitive decline in older persons: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Nandini Deshpande,
E. Jeffrey Metter,
Stefania Bandinelli,
Jack M. Guralnik,
Luigi Ferrucci
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp093
Subject(s) - gait , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , preferred walking speed , cognition , cognitive decline , falls in older adults , physical therapy , dementia , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , disease , medical emergency , psychiatry
to examine whether usual gait speed, fast gait speed or speed while walking with a cognitive or neuromuscular challenge predicts evolving cognitive decline over 3 years.
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