Frail Bodies and Broken Minds.

ALZHEIMER'S disease; DEMENTIA; HUMAN locomotion; OLDER people; ARCHIVES of Internal Medicine (Periodical)

Fischman, Josh; McGrath, Anne

The article reports that a paper in the "Archives of Internal Medicine" shows poor balance and clumsy walking may be signs of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers noted that elderly people had trouble walking up to seven years before they were diagnosed with dementia. There are too many other factors at play to make a concrete connection between motor function and Alzheimer's disease.