Associations of Gait, Cognitive Imparment, Dementia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea inIndividuals with Down Syndrome: Preliminary Findings
Aline de Souza Gonçalves Gomes da Conceição Conceição, Ana Paula Assunção Cecilio, Livea Carla Fidalgo Garcêz Sant´Ana, Luciana Fonseca, Orestes Vicente Forlenza · 2025
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Aline Conceição and co-authors probe how gait, sleep apnea, cognition, and dementia hang together in adults with Down syndrome. This group ages early toward Alzheimer-type change, and faltering balance and walking come with it. Broken sleep may hasten the slide, so the team measures all four threads at once.
Their 2025 preliminary study examines dozens of adults sorted into stable cognition, early decline, and dementia groups. Mobility testing, overnight sleep studies, and a structured mental exam feed the comparison. The authors argue that finding and treating sleep apnea in this group is not a side quest. It is basic care that may guard cognition, steadiness, and daily quality of life, while the full links are charted.
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| CREATOR | Aline de Souza Gonçalves Gomes da Conceição Conceição, Ana Paula Assunção Cecilio, Livea Carla Fidalgo Garcêz Sant´Ana, Luciana Fonseca, Orestes Vicente Forlenza |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |