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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 role of executive function and attention in gait
Galit Yogev-Seligmann,Galit Yogev-Seligmann,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff,Nir Giladi,Nir Giladi +6 more
TL;DR: The variety of gait disorders that may be associated with different aspects of executive function, and the changes occurring in executive function as a result of aging and disease as well the potential impact of these changes on gait are described.
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A Physiological Profile Approach to Falls Risk Assessment and Prevention
TL;DR: The purpose of this perspective article is to describe the use of a physiological profile approach to falls risk assessment and prevention that has been developed by the Falls and Balance Research Group of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
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The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) to Differentiate Balance Deficits
TL;DR: The theoretical framework, interrater reliability, and preliminary concurrent validity for this new instrument, the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest), which aims to target 6 different balance control systems so that specific rehabilitation approaches can be designed for different balance deficits are presented.
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Cognitive motor interference while walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Emad Al-Yahya,Helen Dawes,Helen Dawes,Lesley Smith,Amanda Dennis,Kevin Howells,Janet Cockburn +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that cognitive tasks that involve internal interfering factors seem to disturb gait performance more than those involving external interfering factors and between the level of cognitive state and speed reduction under dual-task conditions.
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Gait and cognition: a complementary approach to understanding brain function and the risk of falling.
Manuel Montero-Odasso,Manuel Montero-Odasso,Joe Verghese,Olivier Beauchet,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff +6 more
TL;DR: Evidence that gait assessments can provide a window into the understanding of cognitive function and dysfunction and fall risk in older people in clinical practice is presented and a potential complementary approach for reducing the risk of falls by improving certain aspects of cognition through nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments is presented.
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Effect of articulatory and mental tasks on postural control.
TL;DR: It is concluded that in order to accurately assess the effect of attentional demands on postural control, it is important to eliminate or control the effects of articulation.
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Dual-task assessment of reorganization of postural control in persons with lower limb amputation.
TL;DR: The results corroborated the hypothesis that dual tasks give information about the restoration of automaticity of postural control as an essential characteristic of the central reorganization process in persons with lower limb amputation.
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The influence of aging and attentional demands on recovery from postural instability.
TL;DR: The notion that control of minor postural instability in elderly subjects is attention demanding is explored and suggests that recovery from a posturally destabilizing activity, involving proprioceptive and vestibular information, places increased attentional demands on the postural support system of the elderly.
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Verbal fluency task affects gait in Parkinson's disease with motor freezing.
Richard Camicioli,Richard Camicioli,Barry Oken,Gary Sexton,Jeffrey Kaye,Jeffrey Kaye,John G. Nutt +6 more
TL;DR: PD-F patients exhibited a greater increase in the number of steps to complete the walk with verbal fluency, even when the effect of medication was taken into account, suggesting they may be more dependent on attention for walking.