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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 Performance Reveals Increased Involvement of Executive Control in Fine Motor Sequencing in Healthy Aging
TL;DR: A role for executive functions in fine motor performance in old age is suggested using a motor-cognitive dual-task paradigm and under low cognitive load, older adults were slower and less accurate in sequential tapping than younger adults.
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Community-dwelling people with chronic stroke need disproportionate attention while walking and negotiating obstacles
Katrijn Smulders,Katrijn Smulders,Roos van Swigchem,Bert J. M. de Swart,Bert J. M. de Swart,Alexander C. H. Geurts,Vivian Weerdesteyn +6 more
TL;DR: The results imply that common daily life tasks such as obstacle crossing while walking require disproportionate attention even in well-recovered people with stroke, and may reflect greater attentional demands during walking and crossing obstacles.
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Self in motion: sensorimotor and cognitive mechanisms in gait agency.
Oliver Alan Kannape,Olaf Blanke +1 more
TL;DR: The results are compatible with effector-independent and supramodal control of agency; they show that both mechanisms are dissociated from automated sensorimotor control and that cognitive loading further enhances this dissociation.
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Effect of mild cognitive impairment on balance.
Bo Mi Shin,Soo Jeong Han,Soo Jeong Han,Ji Hyang Jung,Jung Eun Kim,Felipe Fregni,Felipe Fregni +6 more
TL;DR: The falling risk is assumed to be higher in MCI subjects than in non-MCI subjects, especially due to decreased mediolateral balance, as shown in the adjusted analysis.
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Loss of gait control assessed by cognitive-motor dual-tasks: pros and cons in detecting people at risk of developing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
TL;DR: This review aims at identifying patterns of dual-task-related gait changes that are specific to Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s diseases, respectively, and demonstrating that these changes could potentially be used as prediagnostic markers for disease onset.
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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.