ArticleOtology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology2015
Association between saccular function and gait speed: data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.
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- Association between anemia, physical performance and cognitive function in Iranian elderly people: evidence from Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) program.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Measuring Vestibular Contributions to Age-Related Balance Impairment: A Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Vestibular Aging Process from 3D Physiological Imaging of the Membranous Labyrinth.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Distinct Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Patients With Parkinson Disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- No Evidence of a Contribution of the Vestibular System to Frequent Falls in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2019Article
- Reduced vestibular function is associated with longer, slower steps in healthy adults during normal speed walking.Gait & posture · 2019Article
- Aging and the peripheral vestibular system.Journal of otology · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate whether otolith function (saccular and utricular) is associated with walking performance. STUDY
designCross-sectional analysis of observational data collected in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.
settingNational Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program Clinical Research Unit at Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. PATIENTS: Community-dwelling participants. INTERVENTION(S): Cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) were used to assess saccular and utricular function, respectively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Cervical and ocular VEMP latency and amplitude responses and usual, rapid, and narrow (20 cm) gait speed assessed over a 6-m course.
resultsIn 314 participants (mean age, 73.1 yr; range, 26-96 yr), cervical VEMP amplitude mediated the association between age and gait speed-particularly narrow walk speed-in both men and women. Cervical VEMP latency had an independent association with gait speed in age-, height-, and weight-adjusted analyses, although the direction of the association differed by sex. Greater cervical VEMP latency was associated with slower usual, rapid, and narrow gait speed in women but faster rapid gait speed in men. Neither the amplitude nor latency of ocular VEMP was associated with gait speed in men or women.
conclusionThese findings suggest that age-related slowing of gait speed is in part mediated by the decreased magnitude of saccular response associated with age. The sex-related differential association between saccular response latency and gait speed requires further study.
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