Cognition, Balance and Gait in Elderly with Dementia: a Motor Cognitive Approach to Reducing Risk of Falling

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive motor training on improvement of cognition, balance and gait which has already introduced as risk factors of falling. Three month motor cognitive intervention with two month follow up was applied on 40 elderly divided into two groups: elderly with dementia (20) and cognitively healthy elderly (20). Half of this sample were males and the other half were females. Evaluations included fall risk factors (gait, balance and cognitive state), as well as falling parameters and functional indexes. Subjects had significant improvement in different parameters of cognition, balance and gait after intervention which was maintained in 2 month follow up. These improvements was followed by decreased rate of fall, fear of fall and also enhanced performance in TUG and FR (P