SynthesisFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021
Dual-Task Gait as a Predictive Tool for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.
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- Motor performance and its association with Alzheimer's-related biomarkers: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Pooled it
- Verbal fluency dual-tasks show greater age-related cognitive-motor interference: a meta-analysis of walking performance.Experimental brain research · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Lower-Limb Movements: Can Analyzing Gait Parameters and Movements Help Detect Dementia? A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Machine Learning Approaches for Dementia Detection Through Speech and Gait Analysis: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Dual-task Exercise on Cognition and Dual-task Cost in the Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Pilot Study.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2026Trial
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- Effects of a multicomponent training and a detraining period on cognitive and functional performance of older adults at risk of frailty.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Trial
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- Identifying cognitive impairment in older adults using machine learning on combined fNIRS and motion data during an upper extremity dual task function.Research square · 2026Article
- Gait Analysis for Identifying Normal Cognition, Subjective Cognitive Decline, and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson Disease: Diagnostic Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Uneven Landscape of Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Research Across Rehabilitation Fields: A State-of-the-Field and Pattern Analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Neural signatures of dual-task walking demands in individuals at risk of cognitive impairment.npj aging · 2026Article
- Advancing standardisation of motor-cognitive dual task walking assessments: a scoping review of methodological practices in healthy older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Turning versus straight walking under dual-task conditions: a preliminary study for identifying mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.BMC neurology · 2026Article
- Discriminating vascular parkinsonism from early-stage postural instability gait difficulty subtype dominant Parkinson's disease: a dual-task gait analysis using wearable sensors.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Effects of age in a cognitive-motor dual task: parametric manipulations of cognitive load and motor difficulty.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Single-task, dual-task, and community gait speeds of older adults in Singapore: their associations with frailty, cognition, and age-friendly cities.Innovation in aging · 2026Article
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- Gait Medicine: an interdisciplinary field centered on walking as a vital sign.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Gait characteristics in older adults using the ProtoKinetics Zeno walkway: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
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Abstract
The use of the dual-task model as a cognitive-motor interface has been extensively investigated in cross-sectional studies as a training task in cognitive impairment. However, few existing longitudinal studies prove the usefulness of this tool as a clinical marker of cognitive impairment in older people. What is the evidence in prospective studies about dual-task gait as a predictor of cognitive impairment in older adults? This study aims to review and discuss the current state of knowledge in prospective studies on the use of dual-task gait as a predictive tool for cognitive impairment in older adults. The methodology used was a systematic review, according to the PRISMA criteria for the search, summarize and report. A search in 3 databases (Pubmed, Web of Science, and Scopus) was carried out until April 2021. The search terms used were: "(gait OR walking) AND (cognitive decline) AND (dual-task) AND (follow-up OR longitudinal OR long-term OR prospective OR cohort OR predict)." We included prospective research articles with older people with cognitive evaluation at the beginning and the end of the follow-up and dual-task gait paradigm as initial evaluation associated with the presentation of cognitive impairment prediction using any dual-task gait parameters. After exclusion criteria, 12 studies were reviewed. The results indicate that eight studies consider dual-task gait parameters a useful cognitive-motor tool, finding that some of the evaluated parameters of dual-task gait significantly correlate with cognitive impairment over time. The most promising DT parameters associated with cognitive impairment prediction seem to be gait speed, speed cost, DT time, numbers of words during DT, among others. In sum, this study reviews the variety of dual-task gait parameters and their relevance as a simple tool for early cognitive impairment screening, opening a diagnostic window for the screening of cognitive impairment in older people.
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