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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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The effects of a motor and a cognitive concurrent task on walking in children with developmental coordination disorder
TL;DR: Walking was affected by the concurrent task (i.e., dual-task cost) in the children with DCD more so than in the comparison children.
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An ecological approach to studying aging and dual-task performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the effects of specific losses in cognitive ability on the one hand, and compensatory resource allocation on the other, and highlight the interaction effects between specific losses and specific compensatory behaviors or task priorities.
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Age-related differences in cognitive and postural dual-task performance.
TL;DR: It is suggested that the mature level of attentional resources was not reached until age 11, and the data showed a non-linear decrease in postural sway during childhood, whatever the level of complexity of the cognitive and/or postural tasks.
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Strength, power, and postural control in seniors: Considerations for functional adaptations and for fall prevention
TL;DR: Increase in maximal and explosive force production capacity and an improved ability to compensate for gait perturbations were observed and it is hypothesized that this new approach to training programmes is more efficient in terms of fall prevention than the traditional approach.
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Effects of virtual reality high heights exposure during beam-walking on physiological stress and cognitive loading.
TL;DR: The findings indicate that virtual reality provides realistic experiences that can induce physiological stress in humans during dynamic balance tasks, but virtual reality use impairs physical and cognitive performance during balance.
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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.