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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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Benefits of Cognitive Dual-Task Training on Balance Performance in Healthy Older Adults
TL;DR: The results support the view that motor control in aging is influenced by executive control and have implications for theories of cognitive training and transfer, and are the first to demonstrate training-related benefits to gross motor performance stemming from cognitive dual-task training.
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Framework for Understanding Balance Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease
TL;DR: A framework for understanding balance dysfunction in PD is described to help clinicians recognize patients who are at risk for falling and impaired mobility.
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Brain Activity during Ankle Proprioceptive Stimulation Predicts Balance Performance in Young and Older Adults
Daniel J. Goble,James P. Coxon,Annouchka Van Impe,Monique Geurts,Michail Doumas,Nicole Wenderoth,Stephan P. Swinnen +6 more
TL;DR: These findings support the notion that, beyond fundamental peripheral reflex mechanisms, central processing of proprioceptive signals from the foot is critical for balance control, and link neural activity in response to stimulation of key foot proprioceptors with balance ability across the lifespan.
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A Common Cognitive Profile in Elderly Fallers and in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: The Prominence of Impaired Executive Function and Attention
TL;DR: It is indicated that elderly fallers may have a unique cognitive processing deficit (i.e., variability of response timing) and the importance of executive function and attention as potential targets for fall risk screening and interventions.
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Dual-task testing to predict falls in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review
TL;DR: Deterioration in gait during dual-task testing compared with single-task performance was associated with increased fall risk, and this association is stronger than that for single- task conditions.
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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.