Measuring Participant's Gait (VIDEO)

University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

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A stopwatch, tape and an 18-foot-long hallway allow geriatricians to measure changes in a patient's walking speed over time, as demonstrated in this video. Slowing gait can be an early indication of cognitive decline linked to a shrinking hippocampus, according to a new University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study.

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Tim Betler/UPMC

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