Background: Falls in frail elderly are a common problem with a rising incidence. Gait and postural instability are major risk factors for falling, particularly in geriatric patients. As walking requires attention, cognitive impairments are likely to contribute to an increased fall risk. An objective quantification of gait and balance ability is required to identify persons with a high tendency to fall. Recent studies have shown that stride variability is increased in elderly and under dual task condition and might be more sensitive to detect fall risk than walking speed. In the present study we complemented stride related measures with measures that quantify trunk movement patterns as indicators of dynamic balance ability during walking. The aim of the study was to quantify the effect of impaired cognition and dual tasking on gait variability and stability in geriatric patients. Methods: Thirteen elderly with dementia (mean age: 82.6 +/- 4.3 years) and thirteen without dementia (79.4 +/- 5.55) recruited from a geriatric day clinic, walked at self-selected speed with and without performing a verbal dual task. The Mini Mental State Examination and the Seven Minute Screen were administered. Trunk accelerations were measured with an accelerometer. In addition to walking speed, mean, and variability of stride times, gait stability was quantified using stochastic dynamical measures, namely regularity (sample entropy, long range correlations) and local stability exponents of trunk accelerations. Results: Dual tasking significantly (p <0.05) decreased walking speed, while stride time variability increased, and stability and regularity of lateral trunk accelerations decreased. Cognitively impaired elderly showed significantly (p <0.05) more changes in gait variability than cognitive intact elderly. Differences in dynamic parameters between groups were more discerned under dual task conditions. Conclusions: The observed trunk adaptations were a consistent instability factor. These results support the concept that ...


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    Gait stability and variability measures show effects of impaired cognition and dual tasking in frail people


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    17.01.2011


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    Lamoth , C J , van Deudekom , F J , van Campen , J P , Appels , B A , de Vries , O J & Pijnappels , M 2011 , ' Gait stability and variability measures show effects of impaired cognition and dual tasking in frail people ' , Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation , vol. 8 , 2 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-8-2



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    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


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    Elektronische Ressource


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    Englisch



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    DDC:    629



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