Mobility and Cognition in Seniors. Report from the 2008 Institute of Aging (CIHR) Mobility and Cognition Workshop

Manuel Montero-Odasso, Louis Bherer, Stephanie Studenski, Karen Gopaul, Afua Oteng-Amoako, Sarah Woolmore-Goodwin, Paul Stoole, Jennie Wells, Timothy Doherty, Aleksandra A Zecevic, David Galinsky, R Jane Rylett, Jeffrey Jutai, Susan Muir-Hunter, Mark Speechley, Richard Camicioli, Manuel Montero-Odasso, Louis Bherer, Stephanie Studenski, Karen Gopaul, Afua Oteng-Amoako, Sarah Woolmore-Goodwin, Paul Stoole, Jennie Wells, Timothy Doherty, Aleksandra A Zecevic, David Galinsky, R Jane Rylett, Jeffrey Jutai, Susan Muir-Hunter, Mark Speechley, Richard Camicioli

Abstract

Background: The annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology was held on October 24 and 25, 2008 in London, Ontario. Prior to the annual meeting, mobility and cognition experts met on October 23, 2008 to engage in a pre-conference workshop.

Methods: Discussions during the workshop addressed novel areas of research and knowledge and research gaps pertaining to the interaction between mobility and cognition in seniors.

Results: Workshop presenters moved from the neuromuscular, biomechanics, and neurology of gait impairments, and falls through the role of cognition and mood on mobility regulation to the whole person in the environment. Research gaps were identified.

Conclusions: Despite a consensus that mobility and cognition are increasingly correlated as people age, several gaps in our understanding of mechanisms and how to assess the interaction were recognized. The gaps originally identified in 2008 are still pertinent today. Common and standardized assessments for "mobility and cognition" are still not in place in current practice. Interventions that target mobility and cognitive decline as a single entity are still lacking.

Keywords: MCI; Parkinson’s disease; dual-task gait; executive function; exercises; falls; gait variability; mobility.

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Key points, gaps encountered, and future actions discussed in the workshop

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