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Substantiating Appropriate Motion Capture Techniques for the Assessment of Nordic Walking Gait and Posture in Older Adults
Published on: May 12, 2016
Movement Performance is Associated With Dementia in Older Women: A 20 Year Longitudinal Study Using Optoelectronic
Michael Matousek1, Miia Kivipelto1
1Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Objective:
To use a motion capture technique in a longitudinal study design to study movement performance in older women and it's association with incipient dementia.
Patients And Methods:
This study is part of the Gothenburg H70 birth cohort studies and the prospective population study of women in Gothenburg. Altogether 692 nondemented women aged 62-84 years were followed for 20 years. Movement performance was measured by the Posturo-Locomotion-Manual test using optoelectronic technology. Dementia diagnoses were based on information from neuropsychiatric examinations, informant interviews, hospital records, and registry data.
Results:
Total 170 women developed dementia during the follow-up. Slower gait at baseline (1992/1993) was associated with higher risks of dementia (1992-2012). Individuals in the second and third tertiles of the locomotor phase were associated with dementia.
Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that motor impairment is an important symptom of preclinical dementia in women.
