Dual-tasking and gait in people with Mild Cognitive Impairment. The effect of working memory

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Manuel Montero‐Odasso · Parkwood Institute

Howard Bergman · McGill University

Natalie A. Phillips · Concordia University

Chek Hooi Wong · Singapore General Hospital

Nadia Sourial · Jewish General Hospital

Howard Chertkow · McGill University

Abstract

In older adults with MCI, low working memory performance was associated with slow GV. Dual-task conditions showed the strongest associations with gait slowing. Our findings suggest that cortical control of gait is associated with decline in working memory in people with MCI.

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Published in: BMC Geriatrics

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 41-41

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-41

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