A comparison of gait characteristics between older women with and without peripheral neuropathy in standard and challenging environments

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A study was conducted to compare gait patterns in older women with and without peripheral neuropathy (PN) in standard and challenging environments (CE). The subjects demonstrated a gait that was slower, less efficient, and more variable temporally and demonstrated similar variability in medical-lateral step placement in the CE but at the cost of speed and efficiency for PN subjects.

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Diagnosis and treatment odf depression in the elderly medicare population: predictors, disparities, and trends

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The rates and type of treatment received by those population diagnosed with depressions are determined. The socioeconomic differences and trends in treatment rates of depression are ascertained. Findings indicate that a significant disparities by age, ethnicity and supplemental insurance coverage persist in treatment of those diagnosed.

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Walking and talking as predictors of falls in the general population: the Leiden 85-plus study

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Population-based follow-up study is undertaken to compare the value of dual tasking in predicting fall in the general population of the oldest old. Results indicate that dual task with more sensitive measures of impaired dual-task execution has better test characteristics.

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