The Role of Attention in Fall Avoidance: Evaluation of Dual Task Interference with Postural and Visual Working Memory Tasks in Young Versus Older Adults, Does Capacity Limitation Influence Postural Responses?

The primary goal of this research was to explore attentional factors contributing to normal balance control and to determine how age-related changes in these factors constrain balance in the aging adult. Though previous research has demonstrated attentional interference between postural control and...

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Main Author: Little, Carrie
Other Authors: Woollacott, Marjorie
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12981