Search for: [Abstract = "Introduction\: Functional limitations are a serious health and social problem, which concerns elderly people. Their effective prevention and treatment are one of the challenges of modern medicine. The results of previous studies indicate the co\-occurrence of motor and cognitive dysfunctions in people with mild cognitive impairment \(MCI\). In recent years, attention has been drawn to the fact that the slowing down of gait may also precede the deterioration of cognitive function and be an early marker of cognitive dysfunction. However, there is not enough consistent data in the literature to allow the characterization of the relationship between different cognitive domains and motor skills.Aim of the study\: The study aimed to assess the relationship between the levels of cognitive and motor skills in people with MCI. It consisted in the analysis of motor skills in a group of people with different cognitive profiles. The relationship between global cognitive and motor functioning was analyzed in two groups of people, with MCI and without MCI. The association of various clinical and demographic factors with cognitive functioning was assessed. The specificity of the relationship between the functioning of individual cognitive domains and motor efficiency were determined in people with various types of MCI.Method\: The analysis included 800 participants \(653 with normal cognitive function and 147 people with MCI, from which 88 participants were classified to the amnesic group and 59 to the non\-amnesic group\). The average age of the study participants was 69,3 years, 71% of them were female, with a minimum of seven years of primary education. The evaluation of the level of depressive symptoms was measured by the Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale. All participants were screened for cognitive functioning using the Mini\-Mental State Examination and Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination\-III. Different cognitive domains were evaluated with different neuropsychological tools\: the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test, Clock Drawing test, Verbal Fluency test, Digit Span Test and Trail Making test. To assess functional performance, the Timed Up and Go test as well as the 6 Minute Walk Test were used."]

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