Executive Function, Memory, and Gait Speed Decline in Well-Functioning Older Adults

2010287 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Nora L. Watson · University of Pittsburgh

Caterina Rosano · University of Pittsburgh

Robert M. Boudreau · University of Pittsburgh

Eleanor M. Simonsick · National Institute on Aging

Luigi Ferrucci · National Institute on Aging

Kim Sutton‐Tyrrell · University of Pittsburgh

Susan Hardy

Abstract

In this well-functioning cohort, several cognitive tasks were associated with gait speed cross-sectionally and predicted longitudinal gait speed decline. These data are consistent with a shared pathology underlying cognitive and motor declines but do not suggest that specific executive cognitive deficits account for slowing of usual gait in aging.

Topics & Keywords

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Volume 65A, Issue 10, pp. 1093-1100

DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq111

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