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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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The effect of extended wake on postural control in young adults
TL;DR: A significant effect of extended wake was found for anterior–posterior sway and for psychomotor vigilance, which suggests that extended wake may increase the risk of a fall or other consequences of impaired postural control.
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Gait Disorders and Falls
TL;DR: To fully stress physical capacities in older adults, not only does automaticity of walking have to be trained, but also exercise interventions such as Jaques-Dalcroze eurhythmics address these attentional properties and aim to decrease such interference.
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Age-Related Hearing Loss: Innovations in Hearing Augmentation.
TL;DR: Hearing augmentation devices exhibit improved digital sound processing and Smartphone connectivity, and stigma remains one of the prominent barriers and todays devices offer in the canal models, miniature sizes, and camouflage with the hair or skin color.
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Analysis of the impact of a cognitive task on the posture of elderly subjects with depression compared with healthy elderly subjects.
TL;DR: It is shown that even seemingly automatic tasks, such as maintaining an upright posture, are affected by depression, and the greater postural sway observed in DES may be a cause of a greater risk of falls.
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Unraveling the association between SSRI use and falls: an experimental study of risk factors for accidental falls in long-term paroxetine users.
Judith Hegeman,Bart J F van den Bemt,Vivian Weerdesteyn,Bart Nienhuis,Jacques van Limbeek,Jacques Duysens +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that paroxetine affects attentional capacities particularly in conjunction with balance control, especially when attention has to be divided between 2 concurrent activities.
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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.