Article
Gait Variability Can Predict the Risk of Cognitive Decline in Cognitively Normal Older People.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2018
Byun Seonjeong, Han Ji Won, Kim Tae Hui, Kim Kayoung, Kim Tae Hyun, Park Jae Young, Suh Seung Wan, Seo Ji Young, So Yoonseop, Lee Kyoung Hwan, Lee Ju Ri, Jeong Hyeon, Jeong Hyun-Ghang, Han Kyuhee, Hong Jong Woo, Kim Ki Woong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of gait speed and gait variability, an index of how much gait parameters, such as step time, fluctuate step-to-step, with risk of cognitive decline in cognitively normal elderly individuals. While high gait variability is emerging as an early indicator of dementing illnesses, there is little research on whether high gait variability predicts...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Aging
- Alleles
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Female
- Gait
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Proportional Hazards Models