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Gait speed, cognition and falls in people living with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease: data from NILVAD

Abstract

BackgroundPrevious evidence suggests that slower gait speed is longitudinally associated with cognitive impairment, dementia and falls in older adults. Despite this, the longitudinal relationship between gait speed, cognition and falls in those with a diagnosis of dementia remains poorly explored. We sought to assess this longitudinal relationship in a cohort of older adults with mild to-moderate Alzheimer Disease (AD).MethodsAnalysis of data …

Authors

Dyer AH; Lawlor B; Kennelly SP

Journal

BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 20, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

12 2020

DOI

10.1186/s12877-020-01531-w

ISSN

1471-2318