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Trial reportPloS one2019

Characteristics for gait parameters of community-dwelling elderly Japanese with lower cognitive function.

Yu Taniguchi, Yutaka Watanabe, Yosuke Osuka, Akihiko Kitamura, Satoshi Seino, Hunkyung Kim, Hisashi Kawai, Ryota Sakurai, Hiroki Inagaki, Shuichi Awata and 1 more

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Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Associating Gait Phase and Physical Fitness with Global Cognitive Function in the Aged.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu TaniguchiResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2442-2406
Yutaka WatanabeResearch Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Yosuke OsukaResearch Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Akihiko KitamuraResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi SeinoResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Hunkyung KimResearch Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Hisashi KawaiResearch Team for Human Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3015-6041
Ryota SakuraiResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroki InagakiResearch Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Shuichi AwataResearch Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Shoji ShinkaiResearch on Social and Human Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesRecent studies reported that several gait parameters were associated with lower cognitive function or cognitive decline, however, known gait parameters were limited and no study has used large-scale data. We identified the characteristics for gait parameters of community-dwelling elderly Japanese with lower cognitive function.

methods1,240 community-dwelling adults (mean [SD] age, 77.2 [4.8] years; women, 59.4%) aged 70 or older participated in geriatric health assessments in 2016. We measured comprehensive gait parameters using resistive pressure platform. Cognition was assessed by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

resultsThere are possible correlations between gait measures (gait speed, stride length, step length, step width, average foot pressure, double support duration, and single support duration) and CVs (CV of stride length, step length, average foot pressure, and single support duration) with MMSE score, respectively. After adjustment for important confounders, multiple regression models showed that gait speed (β = .080, p = 0.006), stride length (β = .123, p<0.001), step length (β = .123, p<0.001), average foot pressure (β = .060, p = 0.040), double support duration (β = -.082, p = 0.004), single support duration (β = .086, p = 0.003), CV of stride length (β = -.091, p<0.001), CV of step length (β = -.090, p<0.001), and CV of single support duration (β = -.058, p = 0.037) had significant association with MMSE score, respectively.

conclusionsOur findings suggest that person with lower cognitive function tend to have unsteady gait such as erratic length and time of one step, in addition to decreasing the vertical displacement of the center of gravity and slower speed.

Indexed as

CognitionIndependent LivingWalking SpeedAgedAged, 80 and overCognitive DysfunctionFemaleGait Disorders, NeurologicHumansMale

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PMID30917138
PMCPMC6436685
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