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Falls and falls efficacy: the role of sustained attention in older adults

BACKGROUND: Previous evidence indicates that older people allocate more of their attentional resources toward their gait and that the attention-related changes that occur during aging increase the risk of falls. The aim of this study was to investigate whether performance and variability in sustaine...

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Autores principales: O'Halloran , Aisling M, Pénard , Nils, Galli , Alessandra, Fan, Chie Wei, Robertson, Ian H, Kenny, Rose Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22182487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-85