Higher step length variability indicates lower gray matter integrity of selected regions in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 225-230

  Rosso, Andrea L ^a   Olson Hunt, Megan J ^a   Yang, Mei ^a   Brach, Jennifer S ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Newman, Anne B ^a   Satterfield, Suzanne ^d   Studenski, Stephanie A ^e   Yaffe, Kristine ^f   Aizenstein, Howard J ^e   Rosano, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Gait disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEP LENGTH VARIABILITY; WHITE MATTER; AGING; ANISOTROPY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84901018926     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.03.192     Document Type: Article

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