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February 2006 (presented at the International Congress on Gait and Mental Function, 3-5 February 2006, Madrid)
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Age-related mental and physical capability: does it all go together when it goes?
Type: Presentations
Authors: Felicia Huppert, Brenda McWilliams, Elizabeth Gardener and David Melzer

While there is some degree of independence between physical and mental capability among older adults, the ageing process is associated with an average decline in both.

We examined whether gait speed is related equally strongly to two aspects of cognition: memory and executive function.

If gait speed is related more strongly to executive function than to memory this would provide some evidence for a causal link between executive processes and gait speed. If memory and executive function are related equally strongly to gait speed this is more consistent with a common cause hypothesis.

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