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| Title |
White matter microstructural organization and gait stability in older adults
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00104 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Annouchka Van Impe, Jacques Duysens, Stephan P. Swinnen |
| Abstract |
Understanding age-related decline in gait stability and the role of alterations in brain structure is crucial. Here, we studied the relationship between white matter microstructural organization using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and advanced gait stability measures in 15 healthy young adults (range 18-30 years) and 25 healthy older adults (range 62-82 years). Among the different gait stability measures, only stride time and the maximum Lyapunov exponent (which quantifies how well participants are able to attenuate small perturbations) were found to decline with age. White matter microstructural organization (FA) was lower throughout the brain in older adults. We found a strong correlation between FA in the left anterior thalamic radiation and left corticospinal tract on the one hand, and step width and safety margin (indicative of how close participants are to falling over) on the other. These findings suggest that white matter FA in tracts connecting subcortical and prefrontal areas is associated with the implementation of an effective stabilization strategy during gait. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 67% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Cuba | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 97 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 12% |
| Unknown | 20 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 18 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 15% |
| Engineering | 8 | 8% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 16% |
| Unknown | 29 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 June 2014.
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