Article
Gait disorders in the elderly and dual task gait analysis: a new approach for identifying motor phenotypes.
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation - 31 Jan 2017
Auvinet Bernard, Touzard Claude, Montestruc François, Delafond Arnaud, Goeb Vincent
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gait disorders and gait analysis under single and dual-task conditions are topics of great interest, but very few studies have looked for the relevance of gait analysis under dual-task conditions in elderly people on the basis of a clinical approach. METHODS: An observational study including 103 patients (mean age 76.3 ± 7.2, women 56%) suffering from gait disorders or memory impairment was conducted....
Topics
- Aged
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Female
- Gait
- Gait Disorders, Neurologic
- Humans
- Male
- Neurologic Examination
- Phenotype
- Walking
