Walking speeds could be crucial in early dementia diagnosis, a Minnesota University found
While many are well aware of the key warning signs of the illness - memory loss, difficulty concentrating, and poor judgement - it has now been reported that watching how someone walks could determine if they have dementia or not, Mirror Online reports.
What did the study find? The study examined 17,000 participants aged over 75, monitoring their walking speeds and cognitive function over a seven-year period. Researchers found that those who lost 0.05 meters per second from their pace every year had signs of mental decline. This group, dubbed "dual decliners", saw about 178 cases of the condition detected, which is 11.3 per cent of the total number of participants in the study. Those who showed no decline in cognition or walk were least likely to have the disease with just 0.3 per cent diagnosed.
Still, a decline in both cognition and walking speed could warn of dementia, according to the researchers, who suggest that speed and memory may be the best way to assess cognitive decline.
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