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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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Interactions between cognitive tasks and gait after stroke: A dual task study
Prudence Plummer-D'Amato,Lori J. P. Altmann,Dawn Saracino,Emily J. Fox,Andrea L. Behrman,Andrea L. Behrman,Michael Marsiske +6 more
TL;DR: Major dual task effects were observed for gait speed, stride time, average stride length, and cadence, but not for stride time variability; only speech was significantly affected by concurrent walking.
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The role of mental function in the pathogenesis of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.
TL;DR: Evidence is described which demonstrates that mental conditions also likely play an important role in the pathogenesis of FOG, and a conceptual model that explains how mental conditions may modulate FOG is developed.
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Age-related differences in attentional cost associated with postural dual tasks: increased recruitment of generic cognitive resources in older adults.
Matthieu P. Boisgontier,Iseult A. M. Beets,Jacques Duysens,Alice Nieuwboer,Ralf Krampe,Stephan P. Swinnen +5 more
TL;DR: These results demonstrate an age-related increase of controlled processing of standing associated with greater intermittent adjustments in older relative to young adults.
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Cerebral White Matter Lesions, Gait, and the Risk of Incident Falls. A Prospective Population-Based Study
Velandai Srikanth,Richard Beare,Leigh Blizzard,Thanh G. Phan,Jennifer Stapleton,Jian Chen,Michele L. Callisaya,Kara Martin,David C. Reutens +8 more
TL;DR: These data provide the first prospective evidence to the authors' knowledge demonstrating that WMLs are strong risk factors for falls in the general older population and present potential therapeutic targets for interventional trials in falls prevention.
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Measurement of Community Ambulation After Stroke Current Status and Future Developments
Sue Lord,Lynn Rochester +1 more
TL;DR: The findings from this review suggest that although some progress has been made toward identifying community ambulation as a stand-alone entity, reliable and valid measures have not yet been developed.
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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.