“Alteración de estrategias motoras asociadas a la marcha en el adulto mayor con deterioro cognitivo”

Abstract

This research aims as objective to establish the relationship that exists between the motor strategies associated with walking in the elderly and cognitive impairment. The study was carried out through the data of the Project “PLATFORM OF TV REHABILITATION FOR OLDER ADULTS WHO PRESENT DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH DEMENTIA DISORDERS, BASED ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES” approved with Resolution 0352-CU-P-2017; of which the data of the cognitive deterioration score (mini-cognitive test) and the capture of the movement of the elderly in which the performance of the exercises was observed was used. The alterations in gait are of great impact in the elderly, due to the cognitive deterioration that considerably affects the motor functions. This generates a high interest in this research, since we can obtain results of how the motor strategies associated with the march, and relating to the cognitive deterioration are manifested. The digital tv-rehabilitation platform is used, with current technologies providing reliable data. Was taken as reference “Proposal for the evaluation of motor control for people with movement disorders” for the preparation of the performance observation sheet of the motor strategies associated with the march, which that an analysis of the avatar was realized in movement, applying to eight elderly adults which cognitive impairment of the macro project. There was applied the coefficient of Pearson’s correlation to demonstrate, the correlation of the level of cognitive deterioration of the elderly with the alterations of the motor strategies presented during the march