February 12, 2024Applied SciencesOpen Access

Associations of Balance, Strength, and Gait Speed with Cognitive Function in Older Individuals over 60 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study

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JJJosé Daniel Jiménez‐GarcíaUniversidad de Málaga SOSonia Ortega‐GómezUniversidad de Cádiz AMAntonio Martínez‐AmatUniversidad de Jaén

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Implication

Cross-sectional study finds better balance, gait speed, and grip strength link to higher cognitive scores in older adults, highlighting physical mobility as a marker of brain health.

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Enhanced balance, faster gait speed, and physical stability correlate with superior cognitive function, especially in semantic fluency and global cognition among older adults.
In 175 older adults, shorter timed up and go test duration and faster gait speed independently linked to higher mini mental state examination scores at p < 0.05.
Cross-sectional study used multivariate linear regressions to assess fall risk and mild cognitive impairment, highlighting mobility metrics as potential markers of cognitive status.

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Jiménez‐García et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e796e3b6db643587707e6e https://doi.org/10.3390/app14041500

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Cross-sectional study finds better balance, gait speed, and grip strength link to higher cognitive scores in older adults, highlighting physical mobility as a marker of brain health.