Associations between Tactile Sensory Threshold and Postural Performance and Effects of Healthy Aging and Subthreshold Vibrotactile Stimulation on Postural Outcomes in a Simple Dual Task

المؤلفون المشاركون

Layne, Charles
Dettmer, Marius
Pourmoghaddam, Amir
Lee, Beom-Chan

المصدر

Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research

العدد

المجلد 2016، العدد 2016 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2016)، ص ص. 1-11، 11ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2016-04-10

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

11

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض

الملخص EN

Specific activities that require concurrent processing of postural and cognitive tasks may increase the risk for falls in older adults.

We investigated whether peripheral receptor sensitivity was associated with postural performance in a dual-task and whether an intervention in form of subthreshold vibration could affect performance.

Ten younger (age: 20–35 years) and ten older adults (70–85 years) performed repeated auditory-verbal 1-back tasks while standing quietly on a force platform.

Foot sole vibration was randomly added during several trials.

Several postural control and performance measures were assessed and statistically analyzed (significance set to α -levels of .05).

There were moderate correlations between peripheral sensitivity and several postural performance and control measures ( r = .

45 to .59).

Several postural performance measures differed significantly between older and younger adults ( p < 0.05 ); addition of vibration did not affect outcome measures.

Aging affects healthy older adults’ performance in dual-tasks, and peripheral sensitivity may be a contributor to the observed differences.

A vibration intervention may only be useful when there are more severe impairments of the sensorimotor system.

Hence, future research regarding the efficacy of sensorimotor interventions in the form of vibrotactile stimulation should focus on older adults whose balance is significantly affected.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Dettmer, Marius& Pourmoghaddam, Amir& Lee, Beom-Chan& Layne, Charles. 2016. Associations between Tactile Sensory Threshold and Postural Performance and Effects of Healthy Aging and Subthreshold Vibrotactile Stimulation on Postural Outcomes in a Simple Dual Task. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099571

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Dettmer, Marius…[et al.]. Associations between Tactile Sensory Threshold and Postural Performance and Effects of Healthy Aging and Subthreshold Vibrotactile Stimulation on Postural Outcomes in a Simple Dual Task. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099571

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Dettmer, Marius& Pourmoghaddam, Amir& Lee, Beom-Chan& Layne, Charles. Associations between Tactile Sensory Threshold and Postural Performance and Effects of Healthy Aging and Subthreshold Vibrotactile Stimulation on Postural Outcomes in a Simple Dual Task. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099571

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1099571