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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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Fall risk in an active elderly population – can it be assessed?
TL;DR: A test battery of physiological parameters related to balance and falls was designed to address fall risk in a community dwelling elderly population and individuals with poor balance were identified but falls were not predicted by this test battery.
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Walking adaptability after a stroke and its assessment in clinical settings
TL;DR: Nine domains of walking adaptability were created from dimensions of community mobility to address the conceptual challenges in measurement and performance-based clinical assessments of walking were reviewed to determine if the assessments measure Walking adaptability in these domains.
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Smartphone based fall detection system
TL;DR: This paper describes the design of a smartphone based fall detection system and characterizes the preliminary efficacy of the proposed system in activities of daily living (ADLs), important for the definition of machine learning algorithms, currently under development, to minimize false positive and false negative fall detection events.
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Application of the voluntary step execution test to identify elderly fallers
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that a simple, safe measure of step execution under dual-task conditions can identify elderly individuals at risk for falls and adding cognitive load to the Voluntary Step Execution Test reveals statistically significant increases in duration of the preparatory phase, swing time and the time to foot-contact.
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Multiscale entropy: A tool for understanding the complexity of postural control
TL;DR: It is identified how MSE can provide insights into the complexity of physiological systems operating at multiple time scales that underlie the control of posture that may improve the development and evaluation of new therapeutic interventions.
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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.