Background fear of falling is common in older adults and can have a profound influence on a
variety of behaviours that increase fall risk. However, fear of falling can also have potentially …

Background worries about falling are common in older people. It has been suggested that
these worries can reduce balance safety by acting as a distracting dual-task. However, it is …

Safe stair negotiation is an everyday task that children with developmental coordination
disorder (DCD) are commonly thought to struggle with. Yet, there is currently a paucity of …

Objectives Older adults anxious about falling will often consciously process walking
movements in an attempt to avoid falling. They also fixate their gaze on the present step …

Background Freezing of gait is a debilitating symptom in Parkinson's disease, during which
a sudden motor block prevents someone from moving forward. Remarkably, doorways can …

ABSTRACT The Movement Specific Reinvestment Scale (MSRS) is used to quantify
differences in the propensity that individuals have to consciously engage in movement …

Recently a role for the vagus nerve in conditioning food preferences was established in
rodents. In a prospective controlled clinical trial in humans, invasive vagus nerve stimulation …

Introduction Changes in visual attention have been argued to influence freezing of gait
(FOG) in people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). However, the specific visual search patterns …

Background: Exercise promotion interventions for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are
often offered on a face-to-face basis, follow a generic “one-size-fit-all” approach, and are not …

Virtual reality (VR) is a promising and cost-effective tool that has the potential to reduce the
prevalence of falls and locomotor impairments in older adults. However, we believe that …