Walking and Dementia in Physically Capable Elderly Men

Walking and dementia in physically capable elderly men.

CONTEXT Evidence suggests that physical activity may be related to the clinical expression of dementia. Whether the association includes low-intensity activity such as walking is not known. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between walking and future risk of dementia in older men. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Distance walked per day was assessed from 1991 t...

Toe clearance variability during walking in young and elderly men.

Falls during walking are a major cause of injury and death in the elderly. From a falls perspective, a critical gait event is minimum toe clearance (MTC), as failure to achieve foot-ground clearance results in a trip and potentially a fall. MTC exhibits stride-to-stride variability, which must be minimised to avoid the occurrence of toe-ground contact events. Gait kinematics were acquired from ...

Toe clearance variability during walking in young and elderly men

Effects of walking on coronary heart disease in elderly men.

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Profi le of physical activity in daily life in physically independent elderly men and women

The capacity to continue performing daily activities during old age is one of the main concerns of professionals working in the field of aging (HUEYTZY, CHIEN-HSUN & LI-HUI, 2009), since good physical fitness and ability to perform activities of daily living are related to autonomy, better health and better subjective perception of well-being (WERNGREN-ELGSTRÖM, CARLSSON & IWARSSON, 2009). Base...