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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.
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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).

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The assessment of postural control and the influence of a secondary task in people with anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed knees using a Nintendo Wii Balance Board

TL;DR: Comparing postural control in patients following ACL reconstruction with healthy individuals with and without a secondary task was compared to help clinicians to more accurately identify patients with deficits who may benefit from targeted neuromuscular training programs.
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Dual task interference during gait in patients with unilateral vestibular disorders.

TL;DR: It is suggested that less attentional resources are available during gait in vestibular patients compared to controls, and that a priority is given in keeping up the motor task to the detriment of a decrease of the cognitive performance during DT.
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Center of pressure displacement characteristics differentiate fall risk in older people: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Several COP parameters emerged as good indices to discriminate fallers from non-fallers, and Sway area per unit time, anteroposterior mean velocity, and radial mean velocity were the best traditional features.
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Minimum toe clearance: probing the neural control of locomotion

TL;DR: Age-related differences are most pronounced during heavy, distracting cognitive load, and analysis of critically-low MTC values during dual-task walking may have utility in the evaluation of locomotor control and fall risk in older adults and patients with motor control deficits.
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Towards an explanation of age-related difficulties in crossing a two-way street

TL;DR: A quasi-experiment conducted in a simulator identified visual acuity, speed of processing (assessed using the UFOV(®) test), and step length as significant predictors of collisions.
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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.
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