Age-Related Deficits of Dual-Task Walking: A Review

被引：223
作者：
Beurskens, Rainer [1 ]
Bock, Otmar [1 ]
机构：
[1] German Sport Univ Cologne, Inst Physiol & Anat, D-50933 Cologne, Germany
来源：
NEURAL PLASTICITY | 2012年 / 2012卷
关键词：
PREFRONTAL CORTEX FUNCTION; OLDER-ADULTS; HEALTHY-YOUNG; DIFFERENTIAL VULNERABILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GAIT VARIABILITY; STRIDE VELOCITY; RECURRENT FALLS; WORKING-MEMORY; WHITE-MATTER;
D O I：
10.1155/2012/131608
中图分类号：
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号：
071006 ;
摘要：
This review summarizes our present knowledge about elderly people's problems with walking. We highlight the plastic changes in the brain that allow a partial compensation of these age-related deficits and discuss the associated costs and limitations. Experimental evidence for the crucial role of executive functions and working memory is presented, leading us to the hypothesis that it is difficult for seniors to coordinate two streams of visual information, one related to navigation through visually defined space, and the other to a visually demanding second task. This hypothesis predicts that interventions aimed at the efficiency of visuovisual coordination in the elderly will ameliorate their deficits in dual-task walking.
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