Aging-Related Balance and Mobility
Postural Control & Fall Prevention
Postural Control & Fall Prevention
Postural Control in the Elderly: The Role of Attention
The objective of this NIH-funded research project was to increase our understanding of the influence of cognition on postural control in older adults. Specifically, we investigated the attentional capabilities, decision processing, and executive functioning in older adults and their influence on sensory integration for postural control.
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Publications
Peer-Reviewed Article
2018
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
Perceptual Inhibition Associated with Sensory Integration for Balance in Older Adults
Peer-Reviewed Article
2018
Experimental Brain Research
Inhibition and Decision-Processing Speed are Associated with Performance on Dynamic Posturography in Older Adults
Peer-Reviewed Article
2015
Journal of Vestibular Research
Interference between postural control and spatial vs. non-spatial auditory reaction time tasks in older adults