Aging Increases Flexibility of Postural Reactive Responses based on Constraints Imposed by a Manual Task

Aging Increases Flexibility of Postural Reactive Responses based on Constraints Imposed by a Manual Task

This study compared the effect of stability constraints imposed by a manual task on the adaptation of postural responses between 16 healthy elderly (mean age = 71.56 years, SD = 7.38) and 16 healthy young (mean age = 22.94 years, SD = 4.82) individuals. Postural stability was perturbed through unexp...

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Main Authors: Andrea Cristina de Lima-Pardini, Daniel Boari Coelho, Marina Brito Silva, Nametala Maia Azzi, Alessandra Rezende Martinelli, Fay eHorak, Luis Augusto Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Dual task
Elderly
Balance control
Postural control
Manual Constraint
Postural adaptation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00327/full

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