Trial reportNeurology2016
Relationship of regional brain β-amyloid to gait speed.
Trial report in Neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 84 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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IMOVE: Improvisational Movement for People With Memory Loss and Their Caregivers
Pattern of Gait Abnormality As a Predictor for Disease Progression in Dementia
Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
- Advances in gait research related to Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Early detection of diseases causing dementia using digital navigation and gait measures: A systematic review of evidence.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Pooled it
- Association of Dual Decline in Cognition and Gait Speed With Risk of Dementia in Older Adults.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Prospective Associations between Plasma Amyloid-Beta 42/40 and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2021Trial
- The Association of ApoE ε4 Status with Lower Limb Function and Handgrip Strength in Older Adults.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2019Trial
- Commentary: Fatty acids and Alzheimer's disease: evidence on cognition and cortical β-amyloid from secondary analyses of the Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2018Trial
- Associations between cerebral amyloid and changes in cognitive function and falls risk in subcortical ischemic vascular cognitive impairment.BMC geriatrics · 2017Trial
- Cross-Sectional Associations of Total Plasma Homocysteine with Cortical β-Amyloid Independently and as a Function of Omega 3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Status in Older Adults at Risk of Dementia.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Trial
- Association of Cortical β-Amyloid with Erythrocyte Membrane Monounsaturated and Saturated Fatty Acids in Older Adults at Risk of Dementia.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Trial
- Article
- Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in relation to non-cognitive domains within the intrinsic capacity framework: a narrative review.GeroScience · 2026Review
- Observational
- Hand Grip Strength Predicts Cognitive Decline in Subjective Cognitive Decline: 2-Year Follow-up Results.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Clinical translation of fluid, imaging, and digital biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2026Review
- Development and Implementation of a Radiation Safety Screening Protocol for a Clinical Study Using Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography Imaging.Ochsner journal · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Gait Task Performance and Plasma Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults and Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Dual decline in gait and cognition as a high-risk clinical phenotype: differential associations with cerebral amyloid-Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- The association between amyloid-beta deposition on dual-task gait performance is partially moderated by cognitive functions in healthy older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Longitudinal investigation of gait and Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- A cognitive-motor framework for spatial navigation in aging and early-stage Alzheimer's disease.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2025Review
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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11 authors at 1 institution in 4 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate in vivo the relationship of regional brain β-amyloid (Aβ) to gait speed in a group of elderly individuals at high risk for dementia.
methodsCross-sectional associations between brain Aβ as measured with [18F]florbetapir PET and gait speed were examined in 128 elderly participants. Subjects ranged from healthy to mildly cognitively impaired enrolled in the control arm of the multidomain intervention in the Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT). Nearly all participants presented spontaneous memory complaints. Regional [18F]florbetapir (AV45) standardized uptake volume ratios were obtained via semiautomated quantitative analysis using the cerebellum as reference region. Gait speed was measured by timing participants while they walked 4 meters. Associations were explored with linear regression, correcting for age, sex, education, body mass index (BMI), and APOE genotype.
resultsWe found a significant association between Aβ in the posterior and anterior putamen, occipital cortex, precuneus, and anterior cingulate and slow gait speed (all corrected p < 0.05). A multivariate model emphasized the locations of the posterior putamen and the precuneus. Aβ burden explained up to 9% of the variance in gait speed, and significantly improved regression models already containing demographic variables, BMI, and APOE status.
conclusionsThe present PET study confirms, in vivo, previous postmortem evidence showing an association between Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology and gait speed, and provides additional evidence on potential regional effects of brain Aβ on motor function. More research is needed to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying these regional associations, which may involve motor and sensorimotor circuits hitherto largely neglected in the pathophysiology of AD.
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