COGNITIVE REMEDIATION TO IMPROVE GAIT AND COGNITION. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CONCORDIA STUDY

摘要

This talk will explore the recent intervention studies and clinical trials that use cognitive training to improve cognitive executive function in order to improve mobility. The use of cognitive remediation to benefit motor performance is based upon the principle of neural overlap, i.e., the common brain regions or networks that underpin cognitive processes and motor behaviors such as walking and balancing. Recent intervention findings will be presented that demonstrate the range of cognitive training methods found to be effective in healthy older adults and elderly fallers. Variations in specificity of training task(s), duration of training, and combinations with other modalities of training will also be discussed.