Slow-moving people lose memory more than usual

Step speed is one of the factors that help us assess the risk of dementia of an elderly person.

A study published in the journal British Medical Journal found that people who were slow to face the risk of death from heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems were higher than others. The positive relationship between step rate and life expectancy is also confirmed in a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

More than 10 years ago Dr. Erica Camargo, a researcher at Boston Medical Center in the US, wanted to study the relationship between the step rate of the elderly and the risk of dementia. He and his colleagues measured step rates and brain scans of 2,410 people with an average age of 62. The team also asked the elderly to clench an object to measure the squeeze of the hand, BBC reported.

11 years later, 34 people in the study group suffered from dementia and 79 people had a stroke. The analysis showed that most people with dementia had a slow pace, while most people with stroke had weak squeezing power.

Dr. Marie Janson, development director of the Alzheimer's Syndrome Research Institute, said that Boston Medical Center's research led scientists to question: Are physical problems, such as slow steps, being What is the warning sign of dementia? Camargo stressed that his team did not know the relationship between step rate and risk of dementia that existed in middle-aged people.

'The good news is that there are many measures we can take to reduce the risk of dementia. We recommend that people maintain a balanced and scientific diet, do not smoke, maintain a reasonable weight, regularly check blood pressure and cholesterol, ' said Anne Corbett, director of research at the American Alzheimer's Association. stated.

Reference: BBC