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. 2016 May 6;71(11):1451–1458. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glw080

Table 1.

Gaps in Knowledge and Recommendations for Future Interventions Targeting CNS-mediated Mobility Impairment: Summary of Workshop Round Table Discussions

Recommendations
Recruitment and sample selection Develop consensus inclusion and exclusion criteria for the novel phenotype
Determine the gait measures required to define criteria
Identify community-based and clinical recruitment centers (eg, ADRCs)
Recruit from diverse and understudied populations
Intervention design Consider adaptive and individually tailored interventions
Focus on multimodal interventions that can target multiple pathways simultaneously
Strive for enjoyable and challenging interventions to increase adherence and maintenance
Consider variable impact by subgroups (eg, sex, age, disability)
Carefully select control participants
Include cross-disciplinary teams in intervention development
Methods to measure effectiveness Focus on multiple and dependent pathways
Incorporate qualitative and quantitative markers of brain health
Develop a detailed baseline phenotype of study participants including multiple cognitive and mobility measures
Consider noninvasive, wearable technology to assess outcomes continuously in daily life

Note: ADRC = Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; CNS = central nervous system.