Dual-Task Does Not Increase Slip and Fall Risk in Healthy Young and Older Adults during Walking

Dual-task tests can identify gait characteristics peculiar to fallers and nonfallers. Understanding the relationship between gait performance and dual-task related cognitive-motor interference is important for fall prevention. Dual-task adapted changes in gait instability/variability can adversely a...

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Main Authors: Rahul Soangra, Thurmon E. Lockhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1014784