Gerontology & Geriatrics
DNAmFitAge: Biological age indicator incorporating physical fitness
A new research paper titled "DNAmFitAge: biological age indicator incorporating physical fitness" has been published in Aging.
Jun 7, 2023
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News tagged with gait speed
Health
Yoga may help to prevent frailty in older adults
A systematic review of 33 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) found that yoga improved gait speed and lower extremity strength in inactive older people. However, yoga did not seem to offer a benefit for frailty markers over ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Improving the accuracy of markerless gait analysis
In people with gait disabilities (i.e., a pattern of walking—or gait—that is not normal), assessing gait speed, stride length, and joint kinematics are essential. Measurement of gait parameters over a period of time is ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
In-home wireless device tracks disease progression in Parkinson's patients
Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges in tracking its severity and progression.
Sep 21, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Older people with abdominal fat and weak muscles are more likely to develop mobility problems
Weak muscles and abdominal fat are a dangerous combination for older people who have difficulty walking. A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, ...
Aug 31, 2021
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Parkinson's disease: Wearable sensors to track symptoms
EPFL scientists have developed algorithms that, combined with wearable sensors, could help clinicians to monitor the progression of Parkinson's disease and assess the effects of medications commonly used by people with this ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Keep pace: Walking with a partner is great but might slow you down
If you walk with your spouse or partner on a regular basis, you might want to speed up. Or tell them to.
Apr 2, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Looking at the way we walk can help predict cognitive decline
The way people walk is an indicator of how much their brains, as well as their bodies, are aging. Scientists reporting in a special supplement to the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) say that gait disorders, particularly ...
Oct 28, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Walking speed predicts clinical outcomes in older adults with blood cancers
How slow—or fast—older individuals with blood cancers are able to walk four meters (about 13 feet) holds critical information about their overall health and strongly predicts survival and unplanned hospital visits regardless ...
Jun 5, 2019
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Health
Nutrition concern for older adults at home
Researchers are calling for screening of vulnerable older adults at risk of poor nutrition and diminished physical performance, in an effort to identify those in need of dietary intervention.
Nov 21, 2018
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