Mental Flexibility Influences the Association Between Poor Balance and Falls in Older People – A Secondary Analysis

Impairments of balance predispose older people to falls. Some cognitive functions, especially executive functioning have been shown to affect balance and discriminate fallers from non-fallers. Mental flexibility is a component of the executive function and comprises multiple cognitive processes that...

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Autores principales: Pieruccini-Faria, Frederico, Lord, Stephen R., Toson, Barbara, Kemmler, Wolfgang, Schoene, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
Materias:
Neuroscience
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31263408
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00133

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31263408
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00133

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