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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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Impact of Cognitive Training on Balance and Gait in Older Adults
Renae L. Smith-Ray,Susan L. Hughes,Thomas R. Prohaska,Deborah M. Little,Donald A. Jurivich,Donald Hedeker +5 more
TL;DR: Cognitive training slows degradation of balance and improves gait while distracted, rendering it a promising approach to falls prevention.
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Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults: Implications for Risk Assessment And Prevention.
TL;DR: An overview of the role of cognition in falls, with potential implications for managing and preventing falls in older adults, is provided.
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Gait analysis in elderly adult patients with mild cognitive impairment and patients with mild Alzheimer's disease: simple versus dual task: a preliminary report.
Didier Maquet,Françoise Lekeu,Emmanuelle Warzee,Sophie Gillain,Vinciane Wojtasik,Eric Salmon,Jean Petermans,Jean-Louis Croisier +7 more
TL;DR: Gait characteristics during simple and dual task in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and compare them with those of healthy elderly subjects and mild Alzheimer’s disease patients are compared.
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Physical activity programs for balance and fall prevention in elderly: A systematic review
Ewan Thomas,Giuseppe Battaglia,Antonino Patti,Jessica Brusa,Vincenza Leonardi,Antonio Palma,Marianna Bellafiore +6 more
TL;DR: It is fundamental to promote physical activity in the aging adult, being that a negative effect on balance performance has been seen in the no-intervention control groups.
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Dual-task costs while walking increase in old age for some, but not for other tasks: an experimental study of healthy young and elderly persons.
TL;DR: It is concluded that the visual demand of the non-walking task is critical for the emergence of ARD while walking, which may contribute towards disturbed gait and falls during daily activities in old age.
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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.