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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 step length–frequency relationship in physically active community-dwelling older women
TL;DR: No evidence for a change in the step length–frequency relationship with age was found, suggesting that there are no differences between physically active older women of different age groups regarding the adoption of a “cautious gait”, i.e. a gait pattern characterized by a reduced step length.
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Cognitive tasks promote automatization of postural control in young and older adults.
TL;DR: Results suggest that performing a concurrent cognitive task promotes the adoption of an automatic postural control in young and older adults as evidenced by an increased postural stability and postural sway complexity.
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The effects of cell phone and text message conversations on simulated street crossing
Sarah E. Banducci,Nathan Ward,John G. Gaspar,Kurt Schab,James A. Crowell,Henry Kaczmarski,Arthur F. Kramer +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that texting is as unsafe as phone conversations for street-crossing performance and when subjects completed most of the texting task before initiating crossing, they were more likely to make it safely across the street.
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Gait Disorders Evaluation and Management
TL;DR: This work discusses Gait Disorders and Mobility in Older Adults, a Review and Proposed Classification Scheme, and Therapeutic Exercise to improve Balance and Gait and Reduce Falls.
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The Prognostic Validity of the Timed Up and Go Test With a Dual Task for Predicting the Risk of Falls in the Elderly
Martin Hofheinz,Michael Mibs +1 more
TL;DR: The Tugcog is a valid prognostic assessment to predict falls in community-dwelling elderly people and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve shows significant results for the TUGcog.
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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.