TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurological examination findings to predict limitations in mobility and falls in older persons without a history of neurological disease
AU - Ferrucci, Luigi
AU - Bandinelli, Stefania
AU - Cavazzini, Chiara
AU - Lauretani, Fulvio
AU - Corsi, Annamaria
AU - Bartali, Benedetta
AU - Cherubini, Antonio
AU - Launer, Lenore
AU - Guralnik, Jack M.
PY - 2004/6/15
Y1 - 2004/6/15
N2 - Purpose To estimate the prevalence of neurological signs and their association with limitations in mobility and falls in a sample of older persons without known neurological disease. Methods A neurologist examined 818 participants from the InCHIANTI study who were aged ≥65 years and who did not have cognitive impairment, treatment with neuroleptics, and a history of neurological disease. Mobility was assessed as walking speed and self-reported ability to walk at least 1 km without difficulty. Participants were asked to report falls that had occurred in the previous 12 months. Results Less than 20% (160/818) of participants had no neurological signs. Neurological signs were more prevalent in older participants and those with impaired mobility. When all neurological signs were included in sex-and age-adjusted multivariate models, 10 were mutually independent correlates of poor mobility. After adjusting for age and sex, the number of neurological signs was associated with progressively slower walking speed (P
AB - Purpose To estimate the prevalence of neurological signs and their association with limitations in mobility and falls in a sample of older persons without known neurological disease. Methods A neurologist examined 818 participants from the InCHIANTI study who were aged ≥65 years and who did not have cognitive impairment, treatment with neuroleptics, and a history of neurological disease. Mobility was assessed as walking speed and self-reported ability to walk at least 1 km without difficulty. Participants were asked to report falls that had occurred in the previous 12 months. Results Less than 20% (160/818) of participants had no neurological signs. Neurological signs were more prevalent in older participants and those with impaired mobility. When all neurological signs were included in sex-and age-adjusted multivariate models, 10 were mutually independent correlates of poor mobility. After adjusting for age and sex, the number of neurological signs was associated with progressively slower walking speed (P
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.01.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 15178496
AN - SCOPUS:2642544719
VL - 116
SP - 807
EP - 815
JO - American Journal of Medicine
JF - American Journal of Medicine
SN - 0002-9343
IS - 12
ER -