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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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Age-related changes in leg proprioception: implications for postural control
Mélanie Henry,Stéphane Baudry +1 more
TL;DR: This narrative review provides an overview of how aging alters the proprioceptive signal from the legs, and presents compelling evidence that these changes modify the neural control of upright standing.
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Attention demanding tasks during treadmill walking reduce step width variability in young adults
Mark D. Grabiner,Karen L. Troy +1 more
TL;DR: The results support previous work in which a different attention demanding task also decreased step width variability of young subjects while walking on a treadmill and may reflect a voluntary gait adaptation toward a more conservative gait pattern emphasizing frontal plane control of the trunk.
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Walking while talking--difficulties incurred during the initial stages of multiple sclerosis disease process.
TL;DR: It appears that in early MS patients, gait-cognitive dual tasking may lead to an increased risk of falling, and this important function should be addressed by physical rehabilitation clinicians.
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Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Physical and Cognitive Training on Executive Function and Dual-Task Gait Performance in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Control Trial.
TL;DR: A 12-week VR-based physical and cognitive training program led to significant improvements in dual-task gait performance in older adults with MCI, which may be attributed to improvements in executive function.
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The ecological approach to cognitive–motor dual-tasking: findings on the effects of expertise and age
TL;DR: The current review summarizes expertise and age comparative studies that have combined a cognitive and a motor task and investigates dual-task costs for both domains (cognitive and motor performance) in order to assess potential tradeoffs.
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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.