Special Issue "Cognitive Impairment and Gait Disorders in Older Adults"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (9 June 2023) | Viewed by 3632
Special Issue Editors
2. UMR Inserm/U1093 Cognition, Action, Sensorimotor Plasticity, University of Burgundy and Franche Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
3. INSERM U-1093, Cognition, Action and Sensorimotor Plasticity, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Interests: older adults; falls; gait; balance; drugs in older adults; post-fall syndrome; acute care in older adults; anticoagulant drugs; cognitive disorders
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Interests: older adults; falls; gait; balance; post-fall syndrome; rehabilitation; cognitive disorders
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the increase in life expectancy linked to scientific and medical progress and improvements in hygiene conditions, the world population aged ≥ 75 years continues to grow, particularly in industrialized countries. These older individuals can age either normally or pathologically. Individuals with pathological ageing have numerous comorbidities, leading to polypharmacy and contributing to frailty. Among these comorbidities, major neurocognitive disorders (MNCDs) and balance and gait disorders (BGDs), which lead to falls, are two real public health problems. MNCDs are the primary cause of loss of autonomy (ability to govern oneself) in older adults, while BGDs are a major factor in the loss of independence, and falls are the most common cause of accidental death in this population. Moreover, MNCDs and BGDs are often associated. This is explained by the impaired judgment; attention, memory and/or praxis disorders; and damage to the nerve centers governing balance and gait that occur in individuals with MNCDs. The motoric cognitive risk syndrome, associated with slow gait and subjective memory complaints without objective cognitive and functional disorders, illustrates this association.
We therefore propose this Special Issue in an effort to better understand the relationship between MNCDs and BGDs in the elderly, with the ultimate goal of improving care and quality of life.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Manckoundia
Prof. Dr. France Mourey
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Alzheimer’s disease
- balance
- falls
- gait
- major neurocognitive disorders
- older adults
