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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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Allocation of Attentional Resources toward a Secondary Cognitive Task Leads to Compromised Ankle Proprioceptive Performance in Healthy Young Adults.
TL;DR: It is concluded that increased attentional demand with difficult cognitive task does influence the assessment of ankle joint proprioceptive ability in young adults when measured using an ankle ipsilateral position-matching task.
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Effect of a dual task on quantitative timed up and go performance in community-dwelling older adults: a preliminary study
TL;DR: The ability of the quantitative TUG (QTUG) to measure performance during the TUG test under three different conditions – single task, motor task and cognitive dual task – is examined and performance between fallers and non‐fallers in high‐functioning community‐dwelling older adults is compared.
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Evaluation of attentional demands during motor learning: validity of a dual-task probe paradigm.
TL;DR: Examination of the validity of a 2-choice audio-vocal reaction time (RT) probe task for measuring the changes in attentional demand during practice and learning of a discrete motor task indicated that less attention was required to plan and execute the movement and suggested that the RT probe task was a sensitive and valid tool to measure changes in Attentional demands across practice.
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Impact of adding a cognitive task while performing physical fitness tests in women with fibromyalgia: A cross-sectional descriptive study.
Santos Villafaina,Daniel Collado-Mateo,Francisco Javier Domínguez-Muñoz,Juan Pedro Fuentes-García,Narcis Gusi +4 more
TL;DR: Results regarding DTC indicate that both groups may be similarly influenced by the addition of a secondary cognitive task, and further research with different difficulty levels of DT conditions is needed in fibromyalgia.
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Do Older Adults Select Appropriate Motor Strategies in a Stepping-Down Paradigm?
TL;DR: The finding that older adults do not select their movement strategy in stepping down based on their actual abilities, or have an imprecise perception of their actual ability, suggests that inappropriate motor strategy selection in a stepping down paradigm can explain accidental falls in older adults.
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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.