Pay attention to this on your next stroll.
and is expected to grow to 78 by the year 2030, according to the World Health Organization . And while it's common for people to look out for memory-related signs of dementia as they get older, a new study has found that the simple act of walking might be able to offer one of the earliest signs of its onset. Read on to see what could be a red flag for the neurological condition.
To test their theory, researchers assembled 110 participants, made up of 45 people diagnosed with LBD, 36 diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and 29 adults over 65 without either condition as a control group. Each participant was then asked to walk across a mat outfitted with sensors to measure everything about their walk, including their pace, the distance between each step, and the difference between how much time each foot spent on the ground.
than those without the condition, showing shorter steps at a slower pace with each foot spending more time on the ground. However, there was even a difference between how Alzheimer's and LBD walked, with those in the latter group showing even more changes in space and timing in their steps,, PhD, the study's lead author and a post-doctoral researcher with the Brain and Movement Group at Newcastle University, wrote in The Conversation.
The researchers point out that the findings could prove to be helpful in spotting the disease in its earliest phases since most current methods, such as brain scans and memory tests, require more noticeable symptoms to be already present. McArdle cited other research that had foundwere likely to be one of the first signs of dementia to present itself.
Perhaps most importantly, the test could also give insight into which type of dementia patients are experiencing so they can be appropriately treated."Providing patients with the correct diagnosis is especially important, as certain drugs, such as antipsychotics, can be harmful to people with dementia with Lewy bodies," McArdle wrote.
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