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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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Control of grip force and vertical posture while holding an object and being perturbed
TL;DR: This investigation of motor control perspectives of coordinating maintenance of posture and application of grip force when holding an object and being perturbed provides a foundation for future studies of maintenance of vertical posture in people with impairments of balance and grip force control.
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Dual-task costs in aging are predicted by formal education
TL;DR: It is shown that formal education provides an important dose of cognitive reserve, which is useful to successfully implement cognitive dual-task management despite aging, and that years of formal education in older adults were the best predictor that significantly explained a portion of the variance in dual- task performance.
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The effects of cognitive training on gait speed and stride variability in old adults: findings from a pilot study
TL;DR: The present pilot study’s approach of improving gait under challenging walking situations by interventions designed to improve cognitions adds encouraging results to this emerging field of research, although restrictions in sample size and in the control group prevent us from drawing firm conclusions.
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The Effect of Cognitive Resource Competition Due to Dual-Tasking on the Irregularity and Control of Postural Movement Components
Thomas Haid,Peter Federolf +1 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the control tightness might deteriorate steadily with increased cognitive load in critical movements despite the otherwise eminent n-shaped relationship.
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Attention modulation during motor preparation in Parkinsonian freezers: A time–frequency EEG study
Céline Tard,Céline Tard,Kathy Dujardin,Kathy Dujardin,J.L. Bourriez,Behnam Molaee-Ardekani,Philippe Derambure,Philippe Derambure,Luc Defebvre,Luc Defebvre,Arnaud Delval,Arnaud Delval +11 more
TL;DR: An attentional stimulus was able to trigger event-related desynchronization before motor preparation in the non-FoG group but not in the FoG group, and the coupling between attention and motor preparation was impaired.
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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.