Canonico M, et al. – Because the reported correlation between reproductive history and motor function is controversial, researchers performed a prospective cohort study involving 3,043 community-dwelling women from the Three-City Dijon study population, who were observed over 10 years, to assess the cross-sectional and longitudinal link of age at menopause, artificial menopause, and parity with walking speed (WS). They also investigated the association of characteristics of reproductive life with disability. Mean baseline WS was 143.8 cm/s. The researchers observed the link of artificial menopause with slower WS at baseline. There was no influence of reproductive life characteristics on change in WS. Findings revealed a deleterious influence of early age at menopause and higher parity on motor function that persisted in older people.