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Gait smoothness is a robust metric of overall body stability during walking. This study aimed to explore gait smoothness during complex walking tasks in older adults with and without MCI. Participants were 18 older adults with MCI (mean age = 67.89 \u00b1 4.64 years) and 18 cognitively intact controls (mean age = 67.72 \u00b1 4.63 years). Gait assessment was conducted under four complex walking tasks: walking a narrow path, walking around an obstacle, horizontal head turns while walking, and vertical head turns while walking. The index of harmonicity (IH), representing gait smoothness associated with overall body stability, was measured in anteroposterior, mediolateral, and vertical directions. A multivariate analysis was employed to compare the differences in IH between groups for each complex walking task. The MCI group demonstrated a reduction of IH in the mediolateral direction during the horizontal head turns than the control group (MCI group = 0.64 \u00b1 0.16, Control group = 0.74 \u00b1 0.12, p = 0.04). No significant differences between groups were found for the IH in other directions or walking conditions. These preliminary findings indicate that older adults with MCI have a decline in step regularity in the mediolateral direction during walking with horizontal head turns. 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