...Diana Soares; Iain Fletcher; Andrew Mitchell; Laura Charalambous Introduction: Research on athletic footwear familiarisation within an older population is sparse. This is problematic because unfamiliar footwear may act as a new perturbation and modify older adults’ walking gait and stability...

..., it is unclear whether smaller brain volumes typically observed in older individuals with MCI are related to the observed hazardous obstacle negotiation in this population. Methods: A total of 93 participants (71.9 ± 5.36 years of age; MCI = 53/control = 40) from the Gait and Brain Study were analyzed. Gray...

...Rony M. Sayig-Keren; Moria Dagan; Pablo Cornejo Thumm; Marina Brozgol; Eran Gazit; Brad Manor; Jeffrey M. Hausdorff Background: The performance of an attention-demanding task while walking, i.e., dual-tasking, leads to dual-task costs (e.g., reduced gait speed) in older adults. Previous studies...

... the degree of association for measures within and between mobility domains on a subset of participants ( n = 83) able to complete all tasks unaided. Participants were also grouped by the presence of risk markers for frailty (gait speed and grip strength) to determine if the level of overall impairment...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2021 Disability Elderly Gait Walking speed Community Some measures of physical performance may aid in identifying older adults with a preclinical stage of disability, who may benefit from interventions for preventing...

... the risk of dementia. The purpose of this study was to use wearables to determine the most sensitive digital gait biomarkers to identify CF. Methods: Of 121 older adults (age = 78.9 ± 8.2 years, body mass index = 26.6 ± 5.5 kg/m 2 ) who were evaluated with a comprehensive neurological exam and the Fried...

..., pairwise comparison suggested large effect sizes for iTMT between CN-older versus PD (Cohen’s d = 1.7, p = 0.024) and CN-older versus MCI ( d = 1.57, p < 0.01). Significant correlations were observed when comparing iTMT time with the gait speed ( r = −0.4, p = 0.011) and MoCA score ( r = −0.56, p...

...Gu Eon Kang; Aanand D. Naik; Ravi K. Ghanta; Todd K. Rosengart; Bijan Najafi Introduction: Preoperative frailty is an independent risk factor for postoperative complications across surgical specialties. Functional mobility such as gait, timed up and go (TUG), and 5 times sit-to-stand (5-STS...

...Letícia Pophal da Silva; Natália Boneti Moreira; Paulo Barbosa de Freitas; Gleber Pereira; André Luiz Felix Rodacki Introduction: It is believed that functional capacity and fall history are factors capable of influencing the gait parameters of older adults. Thus, the objective of this study...

... to in the content or advertisements. Mind-body intervention Strength Balance Mobility Gait Heterogeneity Life expectancy has notably increased in the 21st century as a result of societal and health care changes [ 1 ]. To guarantee an independent living and a high quality of life in old age...

... Fear of falling Gait Postural balance Psychomotor disadaptation syndrome Falls among older people are a major health issue due to their frequency, their morbidity, their mortality and their cost. The psychomotor disadaptation syndrome (PMDS) represents a decompensation of the postural...

... adults (29.3 ± 3.8 years; 50% women) underwent cognitive, gait, and balance testing before negotiating a computer-controlled obstacle course. The primary outcome measure was the ability to successfully negotiate the obstacles (without touching them). Results: The success rate for all subjects was higher...

...John P.K. Bernstein; Alyssa De Vito; Daniel S. Weitzner; Rebecca MacAulay; Matthew Calamia; Robert Brouillette; Heather Foil; Owen T. Carmichael; Jeffrey N. Keller Background: Gait-related changes in older adulthood may be related to changes in cognition (e.g., executive functioning), and recent...

... weakness) generated during the test. Comparative assessments included Fried frailty phenotypes and gait assessment. Results: All subjects were able to complete the iTMT, with an average completion time of 125 ± 85 s. The iTMT-derived parameters were able to identify the presence and absence of slowness...

...) diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and balance disorders. In test 1, all participants will be measured for demographics, medical history, muscle strength, gait, static balance, dynamic balance using beam walking under single (beam walking only) and dual task conditions (beam...

... for improving balance, gait and functional performance. Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and CINAHL. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using a WS exercise program were included. Study quality was examined by the PEDro scale. Meta-analyses were...

... was repeated twice to examine test-retest reliability. In addition, the conventional trail-making task (TMT A and B), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and dual-task cost (DTC: gait-speed difference between walking alone and walking while counting backward) were used as references. Re sults: Good...

...Lindsay Bahureksa; Bijan Najafi; Ahlam Saleh; Marwan Sabbagh; David Coon; M. Jane Mohler; Michael Schwenk Background: In addition to cognitive deficits, people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can experience motor dysfunction, including deficits in gait and balance. Objective, instrumented...

...: To evaluate wearable sensor-based measures of gait, balance, and PA that are predictive of future falls in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: The Arizona Frailty Cohort Study in Tucson, Arizona, followed community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and over (without baseline cognitive deficit, severe...

..., Hausdorff JM: The role of higher-level cognitive function in gait: executive dysfunction contributes to fall risk in Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2007;24:125-137. 2. Clouston SA, Brewster P, Kuh D, Richards M, Cooper R, Hardy R, Rubin MS, Hofer SM: The dynamic relationship between...