Associations between Tactile Sensory Threshold and Postural Performance and Effects of Healthy Aging and Subthreshold Vibrotactile Stimulation on Postural Outcomes in a Simple Dual Task
| Autor: | Marius Dettmer, Amir Pourmoghaddam, Beom-Chan Lee, Charles S. Layne |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, Vol 2016 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-7063 1687-7071 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2016/9797369 |
| Popis: | Specific activities that require concurrent processing of postural and cognitive tasks may increase the risk for falls in older adults. We investigated whether peripheral receptor sensitivity was associated with postural performance in a dual-task and whether an intervention in form of subthreshold vibration could affect performance. Ten younger (age: 20–35 years) and ten older adults (70–85 years) performed repeated auditory-verbal 1-back tasks while standing quietly on a force platform. Foot sole vibration was randomly added during several trials. Several postural control and performance measures were assessed and statistically analyzed (significance set to α-levels of .05). There were moderate correlations between peripheral sensitivity and several postural performance and control measures (r=.45 to .59). Several postural performance measures differed significantly between older and younger adults (p |
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