The association between mobility and a cognitive measure of attention and processing speed in middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Mobility and cognitive functions are closely linked in old age. Although a relationship between mobility and cognitive function has also been demonstrated in midlife, it has not been tested under conditions that might reflect real-life locomotion. In this study, the association between attention and processing speed, as measured by choice reaction time (CRT), and mobility in midlife was examined using spatiotemporal gait indices during outdoor walking and a self-perceived mobility questionnaire. Fifty middle-aged adults (53.98 ± 5.32 years) completed a 2-minute walk in an urban environment with and without a dual task of texting on a smartphone. Gait speed, gait variability (stride time variability), and gait similarity (dynamic time warping) in the anteroposterior and medio-lateral axes w

SUBMITTER: Turkel U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12816591 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature