Brain Fitness Programs May Help Frail Seniors Walk Faster
From: Rehab Managament - 08/10/2010

Computerized brain fitness programs are known to help seniors improve their
memory and focus. Now, a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, has found preliminary evidence
that such programs may help frail seniors walk faster, potentially preventing
disability and improving quality of life. Results appear in the July 19th
online edition of the Journal of Gerontology. 

Read this article at:
http://www.rehabpub.com/RMN/2010-08-30_09.asp
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/home/news.asp?id=559

Links:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/home/default.asp

Joe Verghese, MD
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/home/faculty/profile.asp?id=5323&O=1

Effect of Cognitive Remediation on Gait in Sedentary Seniors
http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/07/17/gerona.glq127.full
http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/07/17/gerona.glq127.full.pdf+html

Cognitive Remediation May Improve Seniors' Mobility
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/727082