TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Mobility and cognition in seniors. Report from the 2008 Institute of Aging (CIHR) Mobility and Cognition Workshop
JO  - Canadian geriatrics journal
A1  - Montero-Odasso, Manuel
A1  - Bherer, Louis
A1  - Studenski, Stephanie
A1  - Gopaul, Karen
A1  - Oteng-Amoako, Afua
A1  - Woolmore-Goodwin, Sarah
A1  - Stoole, Paul
A1  - Wells, Jennie
A1  - Doherty, Timothy
A1  - Zecevic, Aleksandra A.
A1  - Galinsky, David
A1  - Rylett, R. Jane
A1  - Jutai, Jeffrey
A1  - Muir-Hunter, Susan
A1  - Speechley, Mark
A1  - Camicioli, Richard
SP  - 159
EP  - 167
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: The annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology was held on October 24 and 25, 2008 in London, Ontario. Prior to the annual meeting, mobility and cognition experts met on October 23, 2008 to engage in a pre-conference workshop. <br><br>METHODS: Discussions during the workshop addressed novel areas of research and knowledge and research gaps pertaining to the interaction between mobility and cognition in seniors. <br><br>RESULTS: Workshop presenters moved from the neuromuscular, biomechanics, and neurology of gait impairments, and falls through the role of cognition and mood on mobility regulation to the whole person in the environment. Research gaps were identified. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Despite a consensus that mobility and cognition are increasingly correlated as people age, several gaps in our understanding of mechanisms and how to assess the interaction were recognized. The gaps originally identified in 2008 are still pertinent today. Common and standardized assessments for "mobility and cognition" are still not in place in current practice. Interventions that target mobility and cognitive decline as a single entity are still lacking.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1925-8348
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.18.188
ID  - ref1
ER  -