Posts Tagged ‘walking speed’

It is well known that phys­i­cal fit­ness train­ing can improve cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties. A small study sur­pris­ing­ly sug­gests that it may work both ways: Cog­ni­tive train­ing may improve seniors’ phys­i­cal fit­ness, more specif­i­cal­ly their walk­ing-while-talk­ing speed. Poor gait speed (i.e., walk­ing speed) is cor­re­lat­ed with a high­er prob­a­bil­i­ty of falls as well as with cog­ni­tive impairment.…