Anti-Dementia Drugs, Gait Performance and Mental Imagery of Gait: A Non-Randomized Open-Label Trial

Few studies have examined the effect of anti-dementia drugs (i.e., acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonists) on gait performance. Past studies have focused on the stride time (i.e., gait cycle duration) but not on the mental imagery of gait. To compare mental imagery of gait and spatiotemporal gait parameters in patients with dementia [i.e., Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and non-AD] before and after the use of...