Gait Velocity Is an Indicator of Cognitive Performance in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults

Artin Jabourian, Sylvie Lancrenon, Catherine Delva, Alain Perreve-Genet, Jean-Pierre Lablanchy and Maritza Jabourian

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: Psychomotor retardation, especially motor and cognitive slowing down, has been described many times in the elderly but to our knowledge, has never been examined in healthy middle-aged adults. The present study explores whether walking time may provide an early signal of cognitive performance, using 266 healthy adults ([18–65] years old, mean age: 45.7±12.9 years) who were also subdivided in 2 groups: under or over 50. Walking time (50 meters) and cognitive performances (mini-mental state examination, Benton Visual Retention Test and Rey Complex Figure) were assessed; total psychometric score was the sum of individual test scores. Analyses were controlled for age, gender, education level, height and weight. The mean psychometric scores were within the normal range. A substantial proportion of subjects exhibited low performance in some aspects of visuospatial memory, particularly in the older subset. In the total population, walking time was negatively correlated with all cognitive tests, particularly to total psychometric score (R = −0.817, p

Date: 2014
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