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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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Dual-Task Decrements in Gait: Contributing Factors Among Healthy Older Adults
TL;DR: In this article, the factors that contribute to the dual tasking (DT) changes in performance that occur when older adults walk while simultaneously performing other tasks are not well known, and the authors hypothesized that cognitive and motor reserve (e.g., executive function [EF], postural control, and walking abilities) and affect (e) influence the DT decrements (DTDs) in gait.
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Age-related differences in spatiotemporal markers of gait stability during dual task walking
TL;DR: Higher stride-to-stride variability during walking characterizes gait instability and predicts falling in older adults and the difference in gait velocity was greatest in the dual task condition.
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History of falls in Parkinson disease is associated with reduced cholinergic activity
Nicolaas I. Bohnen,Martijn L.T.M. Müller,Robert A. Koeppe,Stephanie A. Studenski,Michael Kilbourn,Kirk A. Frey,Kirk A. Frey,Roger L. Albin +7 more
TL;DR: Unlike nigrostriatal dopaminergic denervation, cholinergic hypofunction is associated with fall status in Parkinson disease (PD), consistent with other data indicating that PPN degeneration is a major factor leading to impaired postural control and gait dysfunction in PD.
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Time-Structured and Net Intraindividual Variability: Tools for Examining the Development of Dynamic Characteristics and Processes
Nilam Ram,Denis Gerstorf +1 more
TL;DR: This article provides a descriptive frame for the combined study of intraindividual variability and aging/development and points to the benefits of measurement-burst study designs, wherein data are obtained across multiple time scales, for the study of development.
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Regularity of center-of-pressure trajectories depends on the amount of attention invested in postural control.
TL;DR: It is indicated that regularity of COP trajectories is positively related to the amount of attention invested in postural control, but substantiate that in certain situations an increased internal focus may in fact be detrimental to posturalControl.
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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.