Age-related mental and physical capability: does it all go together when it goes?

  • Elizabeth Gardener
  • Felicia Huppert
  • Brenda McWilliams
  • David Melzer

Published on 3 February 2006

While there is some degree of independence between physical and mental capability among older adults, the ageing process is associated with an average decline in both.

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While there is some degree of independence between physical and mental capability among older adults, the ageing process is associated with an average decline in both.

We examined whether gait speed is related equally strongly to two aspects of cognition: memory and executive function.

If gait speed is related more strongly to executive function than to memory this would provide some evidence for a causal link between executive processes and gait speed. If memory and executive function are related equally strongly to gait speed this is more consistent with a common cause hypothesis.

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David Melzer

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Felicia Huppert

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Elizabeth Gardener

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Brenda McWilliams

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presented at the International Congress on Gait and Mental Function, 3-5 February 2006, Madrid

Suggested citation

Gardener, E et al. (2006). 'Age-related mental and physical capability: does it all go together when it goes?' [Presentation]. London: presented at the International Congress on Gait and Mental Function, 3-5 February 2006, Madrid. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/age-related-mental-and-physical-capability-does-it-all-go-together-when-it-goes (accessed: 3 July 2024).

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