Koychev, I;
Galna, B;
Zetterberg, H;
Lawson, J;
Zamboni, G;
Ridha, BH;
Rowe, JB;
... Rochester, L; + view all
(2018)
Aβ₄₂/Aβ₄₀ and Aβ₄₂/Aβ₃₈ Ratios Are Associated with Measures of Gait Variability and Activities of Daily Living in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pilot Study.
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
, 65
(4)
pp. 1377-1383.
10.3233/JAD-180622.
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Abstract
Gait disturbances are some of the earliest changes in dementia and their monitoring presents an opportunity for early diagnosis. The exact relationship between gait and well-established biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains to be clarified. In this study we compared gait-related measures with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) markers of AD pathology. We recruited seventeen participants with mild AD in a multi-site study and performed gait assessment as well as lumbar punctures to obtain CSF. CSF Aβ₄₂/Aβ₄₀ and Aβ₄₂/Aβ₃₈ correlated positively with measures of variability (step time and step length) in the clinic-based assessments. This was driven by a negative relationship between gait variability and Aβ₄₀ and Aβ₃₈ but not Aβ₄₂. The amyloid ratios and gait variability measures were also associated with more severe functional impairment. We interpret these data as an indication that increasing amyloid production (i.e., increasing Aβ₄₀ and Aβ₃₈) is associated with diminishing cognitive-motor control of gait. These preliminary results suggest that the two amyloid ratios may be a marker of the earliest disturbances in the interplay between cognitive and motor control which characterize dementia.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Aβ₄₂/Aβ₄₀ and Aβ₄₂/Aβ₃₈ Ratios Are Associated with Measures of Gait Variability and Activities of Daily Living in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pilot Study |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3233/JAD-180622 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180622 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2018 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. This article is published online with Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid, biomarkers, cerebrospinal fluid proteins, gait |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057611 |
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