Multisensory Integration in Aging and Mobility

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Author(s): Mahoney Jeannette

Primary Institution: Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, United States

Can visual-somatosensory integration predict mobility outcomes in older adults?

Older adults with better visual-somatosensory integration have improved balance and lower fall rates.

Older adults with intact visual-somatosensory integration demonstrate better balance.
Those with better VSI have faster gait velocity.
Poor VSI is linked to a higher incidence of falls.
Older adults with MCI and dementia show reduced VSI compared to those without cognitive impairments.

This study shows that older people who can use their senses together well are less likely to fall and can walk better.

Older adults, including those with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

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