Open AccessQuantitative gait dysfunction and risk of cognitive decline and dementia
Author(s) -
Joe Verghese,
Cuiling Wang,
Richard B. Lipton,
Roee Holtzer,
Xiaonan Xue
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.391
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1468-330X
pISSN - 0022-3050
DOI - 10.1136/jnnp.2006.106914
Subject(s) - dementia , cognitive decline , hazard ratio , risk factor , gait , medicine , cohort , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , cognition , cohort study , verbal fluency test , vascular dementia , psychology , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , disease , confidence interval , neuropsychology , psychiatry
Identifying quantitative gait markers of preclinical dementia may lead to new insights into early disease stages, improve diagnostic assessments and identify new preventive strategies.