Walking patterns could identify dementia types: Study
London, Sep 22 Researchers have found that walking may be a key clinical tool in helping doctors accurately identify the specific type of dementia a patient has. Published in the Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, the research have shown that people with Alzheimer's disease or Lewy body dementia have unique walking patterns that signal subtle differences between the two conditions. The study also shows that people with Lewy body dementia change their walking steps more - varying step time and length - and are asymmetric when they move, in comparison to those with Alzheimer's disease. For the study, researchers analysed the walk of 110 people, including 29 older adults whose cognition was intact, 36 with Alzheimer's disease and 45 with Lewy body dementia. People with Lewy body dementia had a unique walking pattern in that they changed how long it took to take a step or the length of their steps more frequently than someone with Alzheimer's disease, whose walking patterns rarely changed.
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