Background: Due to the often-reported decrease in postural stability in the elderly, it is
important to understand factors that may contribute to reduced postural stability. It is possible …

Background. This study used a dual task design to investigate the effects of two different
types of cognitive tasks on stability (as measured by center of pressure displacement) in …

Evidence suggests falls and postural instabilities among seniors are attributed to a decline
in both the processing of afferent signals (eg, proprioceptive, vestibular) and attentional …

Background/Study Context: Recent evidence suggests that removing attention from postural
control using either an external focus or a cognitive task will improve stability in healthy …

Background. Previous literature indicates that attentional resources are required for recovery
of postural stability. Previous studies have also examined the effect of aging on the …

In older adults, cognitive resources play a key role in maintaining postural stability. In the
present study, we evaluated whether increasing postural instability using sway referencing …

Background Poor multitask performance is commonly used as an indicator of age-related
changes in attentional capacity. An inability to allocate sufficient attention to postural control …

Dual-task designs have been used widely to study the degree of automatic and controlled
processing involved in postural stability of young and older adults. However, several …

Background. Although postural recovery is attentionally demanding in healthy elderly
persons, an inability to recover balance due to competition for attentional resources between …

The aim of this experiment was to examine if, with aging, the task of reintegrating sensory
information perturbs balance and requires additional attentional demand. Young adults and …