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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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Cognitive processing speed is related to fall frequency in older adults with multiple sclerosis.
Jacob J. Sosnoff,Swathi Balantrapu,Lara A. Pilutti,Brian M. Sandroff,Shannon Morrison,Robert W. Motl +5 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that cognitive processing speed is associated with fall frequency and may have implications for fall prevention strategies targeting recurrent fallers with MS.
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Guidelines for Gait Assessments in the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA).
Stephanie Cullen,Manuel Montero-Odasso,Louis Bherer,Quincy J. Almeida,Sarah Fraser,Susan W. Muir-Hunter,Karen Z. H. Li,Teresa Liu-Ambrose,Chris A. McGibbon,William E. McIlroy,Laura E. Middleton,Yanina Sarquis-Adamson,Olivier Beauchet,Bradford J. McFadyen,José A. Morais,Richard Camicioli +15 more
TL;DR: Establishing a standardized gait assessment protocol will help to assess motor–cognitive interactions in aging and neurodegeneration, to compare results across studies, and to feasibly implement and translate gait testing in clinics for detecting impending cognitive and mobility decline.
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Balance and gait problems in the elderly.
Anand Viswanathan,Lewis Sudarsky +1 more
TL;DR: The principal anatomical and physiologic mechanisms responsible for balance and gait are discussed and the relationship between balance andGait disorders and subcortical vascular disease is considered.
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The Effect of Mild Motion Sickness and Sopite Syndrome on Multitasking Cognitive Performance
TL;DR: Multitasking cognitive performance declined even when motion sickness and soporific symptoms were mild, and an inverse relationship between motion sickness effects on performance and the cognitive effort focused on performing a task is suggested.
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Voluntary and Involuntary Postural Responses to Imposed Optic Flow
TL;DR: The results indicate that the use of imposed optic flow for postural control is not entirely automatic or involuntary, and motivates a search for non-perceptual factors that may influence the degree to which body sway is coupled toimposed optic flow.
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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.