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

Overview

Journal Can Geriatr J

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2015 Oct 24

PMID 26495050

Citations 19

Authors

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

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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.

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