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J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
September 2025
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Background: Grip strength and gait speed are key markers of physical functional capacity and general health in older people. This study aimed to examine the effect of low-dose aspirin on hand-grip strength and habitual gait speed in relatively healthy older people.
Methods: The ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) trial randomized 19,114 community-dwelling Australians and U.
Int J Gen Med
September 2025
Department of Neurology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
Acute vestibular syndrome (AVS) is characterized by the sudden onset of dizziness or vertigo, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, gait instability, and nystagmus, lasting for more than 24 hours and often persisting for several days to weeks. Central AVS primarily involves central vestibular structures, such as the brainstem and cerebellum, and is most commonly caused by ischemic stroke in the posterior circulation. When acute posterior circulation infarction presents solely with isolated dizziness or vertigo, without other symptoms of central nervous system damage, it is often misdiagnosed as a peripheral vestibular disorder, this can lead to serious consequences.
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September 2025
Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Background: Assessing human movement is essential for diagnosing and monitoring movement-related conditions like neuromuscular disorders. Timed function tests (TFTs) are among the most widespread types of assessments due to their speed and simplicity, but they cannot capture disease-specific movement patterns. Conversely, biomechanical analysis can produce sensitive disease-specific biomarkers, but it is traditionally confined to laboratory settings.
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September 2025
Department of Medical Sciences, Neurology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Background: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) predominantly manifests with gait disturbances, yet clinical assessments are vulnerable to confirmation bias, particularly post-shunt surgery. Blinded video evaluations are a method to enhance objectivity in gait assessment, but their reliability has never been systematically investigated. The aim was to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of blinded gait assessments in iNPH patients and to investigate how these assessments correlate with the Hellström iNPH scale and patient-reported health status following shunt surgery.
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September 2025
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by motor symptoms altering gait domains such as slow walking speed, reduced step and stride length, and increased double support time. Gait disturbances occur in the early, mild to moderate, and advanced stages of the disease in both backward walking (BW) and forward walking (FW), but are more pronounced in BW. At this point, however, no information is available about BW performance and disease stages specified using the Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) scale.
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