Falls, Cognitive Impairment, and Gait Performance: Results From the GOOD Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Falls are highly prevalent in individuals with cognitive decline. The complex relationship between falls and cognitive decline (including both subtype and severity of dementia) and the influence of gait disorders have not been studied. This study aimed to examine the association between the subtype (Alzheimer disease [AD] versus non-AD) and the severity (from preclinical to moderate dementia) of cognitive impairment and falls, and to establish an association between falls and gait parameters during the course of dementia.

Design

Multicenter cross-sectional study.

Setting

"Gait, cOgnitiOn & Decline" (GOOD) initiative.

Participants

A total of 2496 older adults (76.6 ± 7.6 years; 55.0% women) were included in this study (1161 cognitively healthy individ

SUBMITTER: Allali G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5366266 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature