#Repost gaithappens ・・・ According to these guys, the answer may be yes 👍🏼 Beauchet, Olivia, et al. Poor Gait performance and Prediction of Dementia: Results from a meta analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 2016 June 01 . Recently, MCR syndrome (Motoric cognitive risk: a syndrome combining cognitive complaint and slow gait speed) has been associated with dementia . In this analysis, they confirmed that poor gait performance predicts the occurrence of dementia after a long follow up period 👣 Things to note . Poor gait performance PRECEDES clinical symptoms of dementia . Measures of gait performance could be a simple and accessible way to predict dementia in large populations ✅ THIS IS THE STUFF WE TALK ABOUT IN TOP DOWN BOTTOM UP btw 😉 ❤️ So put your thinking caps on, if we can detect poor gait performance, and something as simple as speed, and by improving this speed, could we not change the brain? Could active intervention with something as simple as gait speed, possibly help delay th...