Background: The ability to walk is a key issue for independent old age. Optimizing older
peoples' opportunities for an autonomous and active life and reducing health disparities …

Background Around 15% of the global population live with some form of disabilities and
experience worse health outcomes, less participation in the community and are part of fewer …

Among older people, walking difficulty results from actual and perceived declines in physical
capacities and environmental requirements for walking. We investigated whether the …

This study explores the relationship between musculoskeletal conditions of ageing and life-
space mobility (LSM) in 1110 community-dwelling older adults from the Hertfordshire Cohort …

Introduction Gait automaticity refers to the ability to walk with minimal recruitment of
attentional networks typically mediated through the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Reduced gait …

Background Older cancer survivors often value quality of life (QOL) over survival. Lifespace
mobility (LSM), defined as the individual's spatial geographic mobility range, is an important …

Background The Life-Space Assessment (LSA) is an instrument that measures mobility in
older adults as they reach different areas, defined as life-spaces extending from home to …

Background The rapidly rising average age of the older adults has brought various global
healthcare challenges. A core challenge is how to enhance their quality of life (QoL) …

Background Among older people, community mobility was reduced at the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic, but the longer-term changes are unclear. Aims To study lower …

Abstract Background and Objectives Increasing age brings a greater risk of death of friends
and family (hereafter referred to as loss) potentially impacting individuals' life-space mobility …