Allocation of Attentional Resources toward a Secondary Cognitive Task Leads to Compromised Ankle Proprioceptive Performance in Healthy Young Adults

The objective of the present study was to determine whether increased attentional demands influence the assessment of ankle joint proprioceptive ability in young adults. We used a dual-task condition, in which participants performed an ankle ipsilateral position-matching task with and without a seco...

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Main Authors: Kazuhiro Yasuda, Yuki Sato, Naoyuki Iimura, Hiroyasu Iwata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Rehabilitation Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/170304