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Multiscale Dynamics of Spontaneous Brain Activity Is Associated With Walking Speed in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:In older adults, compromised white matter tract integrity within the brain has been linked to impairments in mobility. We contend that poorer integrity disrupts mobility by altering the processing of sensorimotor and cognitive and attentional resources in neural networks. The richness of information processing in a given network can be quantified by calculating the complexity of resting-state functional MRI time series. We hypothesized that (i) older adults with lower brain complexity, specifically within sensorimotor, executive, and attention networks, would exhibit slower walking speed and greater dual-task costs (ie, dual-task cost) and (ii) such complexity would mediate the effect of white matter integrity on these metrics of mobility. METHODS:Fifty-three older adults completed a walking assessment and a neuroimaging protocol. Brain complexity was quantified by calculating the multiscale entropy of the resting-state functional MRI signal within seven previously defined functional networks. The white matter integrity across structures of the corpus callosum was quantified using fractional anisotropy. RESULTS:Participants with lower resting-state complexity within the sensorimotor, executive, and attention networks walked more slowly under single- and dual-task (ie, walking while performing a serial-subtraction task) conditions (? > 0.28, p ? .01) and had a greater dual-task cost (? < -0.28, p < .04). Complexity in these networks mediated the influence of the corpus callosum genu on both single- (indirect effects > 0.15, 95% confidence intervals = 0.02-0.32) and dual-task walking speeds (indirect effects > 0.13, 95% confidence intervals = 0.02-0.33). CONCLUSION:These results suggest that the multiscale dynamics of resting-state brain activity correlate with mobility and mediate the effect of the microstructural integrity in the corpus callosum genu on walking speed in older adults.

SUBMITTER: Zhou J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357585 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiscale Dynamics of Spontaneous Brain Activity Is Associated With Walking Speed in Older Adults.

Zhou Junhong J Poole Victoria V Wooten Thomas T Lo On-Yee OY Iloputaife Ikechukwu I Manor Brad B Esterman Michael M Lipsitz Lewis A LA

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 20200701 8

<h4>Background</h4>In older adults, compromised white matter tract integrity within the brain has been linked to impairments in mobility. We contend that poorer integrity disrupts mobility by altering the processing of sensorimotor and cognitive and attentional resources in neural networks. The richness of information processing in a given network can be quantified by calculating the complexity of resting-state functional MRI time series. We hypothesized that (i) older adults with lower brain co ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundMaintaining both walking speed and cognitive function is essential for active, healthy aging. This study investigated age-related differences in walking speed and global cognitive function with aging and the association between them among older adults residing in the developing country of China.MethodsThis cross-sectional study measured usual (UWS) and maximal walking speed (MWS) of participants for six meters. The Chinese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment was used to evaluate global cognition through in-person interviews. Analyses of variance were used to compare the differences in UWS, MWS, and global cognition between genders and age groups. Multiple linear regression models were used to determine the association between walking speed and global cognitive function.ResultsIn total, 791 Chinese adults (252 men and 539 women) aged 60-89 years were included in this study. Markedly slowed UWS and worse global cognitive function scores were observed for both genders among adults ≥80 years of age. MWS slowed considerably in men ≥85 years of age and in women ≥80 years of age. There was a significant gender difference in MWS-with men walking faster than women-but not in UWS. Linear regression analysis adjusted for the confounding factors of gender, height, weight, years of education, and chronic disease indicated that MWS, but not UWS, was significantly associated with global cognitive function (β = 0.086, [0.177, 1.657], P = 0.015) such that slower maximal walking speed was associated with poorer cognitive performance. This association was statistically significant only for adults aged 75-79 years (β = 0.261 [0.647, 4.592], P = 0.010).ConclusionWalking speed was slower in the older age groups. Global cognitive function deteriorated markedly after 80 years of age. After controlling for confounding variables, slower MWS, but not UWS, was associated with poorer global cognitive function. MWS may serve as a potential indicator for earlier identification of poor cognition and motoric cognitive risk syndrome in an older Chinese population.

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