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Gait, aging and dementia

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Judy MA Haworth
Judy MA Haworth*
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Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
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Address for correspondence: JMA Haworth, Malvern Ward, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK.
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Cognitive impairment has been recognized as a risk factor for falls and for increasing the severity of injury following a fall, but the mechanisms by which cognitive impairment influences gait and postural control have been unclear. A recent report that galantamine improves gait parameters in older adults may help to untangle this.

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Neuropsychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 39 - 52
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