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Attention and the control of posture and gait: a review of an emerging area of research
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New clinical assessment methods incorporating dual-task paradigms are helpful in revealing the effect of disease on the ability to allocate attention to postural tasks and appear to be sensitive measures in both predicting fall risk and in documenting recovery of stability.About:
This article is published in Gait & Posture.The article was published on 2002-08-01. It has received 2331 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control & Balance (ability).read more
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Age-related effects of a memorizing spatial task in the adults and elderly postural control.
TL;DR: There is a "cognition first" principle for the younger adults, that is, the mirror image of the "posture first" Principle observed in older adults under dual-tasking situations.
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Reducing postural sway by concurrently performing challenging cognitive tasks
Nadia Polskaia,Yves Lajoie +1 more
TL;DR: The visual tasks reduced ML sway variability, whereas the auditory tasks increased COP irregularity, and it is suggested that an increase in sensorimotor integration as a result of a shift in attentional focus is responsible for these findings.
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Effects of spatial and nonspatial memory tasks on choice stepping reaction time in older people
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of carefully matched visuospatial (VS) and nonspatial (NS) secondary tasks on choice stepping reaction time (CSRT) have been compared.
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Decoding the Attentional Demands of Gait through EEG Gamma Band Features
Álvaro Costa,Eduardo Iáñez,Andrés Úbeda,Enrique Hortal,Antonio J. del-Ama,Ángel Gil-Agudo,José M. Azorín +6 more
TL;DR: Evidence of the existence of classifiable cortical information related to the attention level on the gait is provided to allow the development of a real-time system that obtains the attentionlevel during lower limb rehabilitation.
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Visuospatial tasks affect locomotor control more than nonspatial tasks in older people.
Jasmine C. Menant,Jasmine C. Menant,Daina L. Sturnieks,Daina L. Sturnieks,Matthew A. Brodie,Stuart T. Smith,Stuart T. Smith,Stephen R. Lord,Stephen R. Lord +8 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that visuospatial processing might share common networks with locomotor control, further supporting the hypothesis that gait changes during dual task paradigms are not simply due to limited attentional resources but to competition for common networks for spatial information encoding.
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The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons
TL;DR: This study evaluated a modified, timed version of the “Get‐Up and Go” Test (Mathias et al, 1986) in 60 patients referred to a Geriatric Day Hospital and suggested that the timed “Up & Go’ test is a reliable and valid test for quantifying functional mobility that may also be useful in following clinical change over time.
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Predicting the probability for falls in community-dwelling older adults using the Timed Up & Go Test.
TL;DR: The TUG is a sensitive and specific measure for identifying community-dwelling adults who are at risk for falls and the ability to predict falls is not enhanced by adding a secondary task when performing the TUG.
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Motor Control: Theory and Practical Applications
TL;DR: This text bridges the gap between research/theory and practice by focusing on the scientific and experimental basis of new motor control theories by specifically illustrating how recent findings and theories can be applied to clinical practice.
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"Stops walking when talking" as a predictor of falls in elderly people.
TL;DR: This investigation investigated the usefulness of the sign “stops walking when talking” in predicting falls and found that some frail elderly patients stop walking when they start a conversation with a walking companion, presumably because walking demands attention and they stop when they are expected to do two things at once.
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The Effects of Two Types of Cognitive Tasks on Postural Stability in Older Adults With and Without a History of Falls
TL;DR: Results suggest that when postural stability is impaired, even relatively simple cognitive tasks can further impact balance and suggest that the allocation of attention during the performance of concurrent tasks is complex.