Gait Speed Predicts Decline in Attention and Psychomotor Speed in Older Adults: The Health Aging and Body Composition Study
Author(s) -
Marco Inzitari,
Anne B. Newman,
Kristine Yaffe,
Robert M. Boudreau,
Nathalie de Rekeneire,
Ronald I. Shorr,
Tamara B. Harris,
Caterina Rosano
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000111577
Subject(s) - digit symbol substitution test , psychomotor learning , quartile , medicine , preferred walking speed , gait , logistic regression , poison control , cohort , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cognition , confidence interval , psychiatry , environmental health , alternative medicine , pathology , placebo
Gait speed is cross-sectionally associated with attention and psychomotor speed in older community dwellers. It is unclear if gait speed predicts decline in these cognitive domains over time.
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