ReviewCurrent treatment options in neurology2017
Management of Gait Changes and Fall Risk in MCI and Dementia.
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- Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Lower-Limb Movements: Can Analyzing Gait Parameters and Movements Help Detect Dementia? A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Association of motoric cognitive risk syndrome with depression in older adults: a meta-analysis and systematic review of cross-sectional and cohort studies.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Virtual Reality Intervention on Cognition and Motor Function in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Falls and Fractures Among Medicare Beneficiaries Concurrently Receiving Anti-Dementia Drugs and Potentially Risky Medications.Medical care · 2025Article
- Barriers and challenges in preventing falls among community-dwelling patients with dementia: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Exploring the role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the associations between sarcopenia and falls in older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of a Six-Month Dance Intervention on Postural Control and Fall-Related Outcomes in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Total shoulder arthroplasty in patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment.JSES international · 2024Article
- Change in gait speed and fall risk among community-dwelling older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment: a retrospective cohort analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- A novel digital biomarker of sarcopenia in frail elderly: New combination of gait parameters under dual-task walking.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
- Rehabilitation in Dementia.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Modified STEADI Fall Risk Categories Predict Incident Cognitive Impairment.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- The Association between Gait Speed and Falls in Community Dwelling Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Geriatric Proximal Femur Fractures During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Fewer Cases, But More Comorbidities.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: Symptoms, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Recovery.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Review
- Key gait findings for diagnosing three syndromic categories of dynamic instability in patients with balance disorders.Journal of neurology · 2020Review
- Effects of a 16-week multimodal exercise program on gait performance in individuals with dementia: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Shifting Tides Toward a Proactive Patient-Centered Approach in Dysphagia Management of Neurodegenerative Disease.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2020Article
- Gait speed, cognition and falls in people living with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease: data from NILVAD.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: A Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Different Populations.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2020Review
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Abstract
opinion statementGait disorders and falls are very prevalent in aging, especially in older adults with cognitive impairment: older adults with dementia are 2-3 times more likely to fall than their non-demented counterparts. The management of gait disorders and falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia begins by their identification with the use of specific screening tools, such as measuring gait speed, use of dual-task gait tests, or diagnosing motoric cognitive risk syndrome, a newly described pre-dementia syndrome. This clinical approach is useful to reveal subtle gait changes that may lead to an increased risk of falls in older adults. Various non-pharmacological interventions have been tested in older adults with MCI or dementia to reduce risk of falls. Physical activity interventions are feasible in older adults with cognitive impairments, and may improve gait, and thereby decrease risk of falls. Besides non-pharmacological interventions, identification and removal of potentially inappropriate medications (i.e., psychotropic drugs) is part of a comprehensive falls management strategy in older patients. The use of anti-dementia drugs, such as cholinesterase inhibitors or memantine, may help to improve gait in demented older adults. Adopting a multidisciplinary care strategy that integrates general practitioners, geriatricians, neurologists, cardiologists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to identify older adults at increased risk of falling or with subtle gait changes, prior to applying individualized non-pharmacological and/or pharmacological interventions, is essential to reduce the burden of gait disorders and falls in older adults with cognitive impairment.
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