Walking while Talking in Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Walking while talking is a dual cognitive-motor task that predicts frailty, falls, and cognitive decline in the general elderly population. Adults with CKD have gait abnormalities during usual walking. It is unknown whether they have greater gait abnormalities and cognitive-motor interference during walking while talking.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Community-dwelling, nondisabled adults (n=330) ≥65 years of age underwent quantitative gait analysis, including walking while talking. Differences in walking-while-talking performance by CKD status were evaluated, and relative changes between walking-while-talking and walking alone performance were computed to quantify cognitive-motor interference (dual-task cost). Associations w

SUBMITTER: Ho JQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7269215 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature