BACKGROUND Recent evidence suggests that physical decline and slower gait may be associated with early signs of dementia, but more information on healthy older adults is needed. METHODS We determined associations between cognitive function, gait speed, and self-reported measures of physical function in 3035 healthy mobile participants of the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study evaluated in 2000...

OBJECTIVES To examine the independent associations between atrial fibrillation (AF) and objectively measured mobility in a nationally representative cohort. DESIGN Wave 1 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), a population-based study assessing health, economic, and social aspects of ageing. SETTING Community-dwelling adults completed a home-based interview and a center-based he...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the cognitive function contribution to straight- and curved-path walking differs for older adults. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING Ambulatory clinical research training center. PARTICIPANTS People (N=106) aged 65 to 92 years, able to walk household distances independently with or without an assistive device, and who scored 24 or greater o...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of current evidence as to the effectiveness of robot-assisted gait training in spinal cord injured patients, focusing on walking ability and performance. METHODS A search was conducted in MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge, Cochrane Library, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) and Digital Academic Repositories (DAREnet) (1990-2009). Key words included "spinal cord i...

Walking in daily life places high demands on the interplay between cognitive and motor functions. A well-functioning dual-tasking ability is thus essential for walking safely. The aims were to study longitudinal changes in gait function during single- and dual-tasking over a period of two years among people with initially mild AD (n=21). Data were collected on three occasions, twelve months apa...

BACKGROUND To examine the relationship between the metabolic syndrome and its components and gait speed among older U.S. men and women. Whether these associations are independent of physical activity was also explored. METHODS Eight hundred and thirty-five men and 850 women aged > or =50 years from the continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002 were examined. We use...

BACKGROUND A body of literature is emerging regarding gait/balance impairments observed in essential tremor (ET) patients. Although impairment is generally mild, the full extent of the spectrum remains undefined. We present four ET cases with more severe gait/balance impairment. METHODS A BATTERY OF SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE GAIT/BALANCE ASSESSMENTS WAS PERFORMED: the Activities-specific Balan...

Introduction: Stroke is the one of common health problems world-wide causing significant morbidity and mortality. Various scales are framed validated for use in stroke trials clinical use. Most widely used scale assessment NIHSS but this infrequently routine practice. This because various limitations like poor representation posterior circulation deficit predominant motor language fine & co...