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Falls Risk and Simulated Driving Performance in Older Adults
Joint Authors
Kramer, Arthur F.
Gaspar, John G.
Neider, Mark B.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Declines in executive function and dual-task performance have been related to falls in older adults, and recent research suggests that older adults at risk for falls also show impairments on real-world tasks, such as crossing a street.
The present study examined whether falls risk was associated with driving performance in a high-fidelity simulator.
Participants were classified as high or low falls risk using the Physiological Profile Assessment and completed a number of challenging simulated driving assessments in which they responded quickly to unexpected events.
High falls risk drivers had slower response times (~2.1 seconds) to unexpected events compared to low falls risk drivers (~1.7 seconds).
Furthermore, when asked to perform a concurrent cognitive task while driving, high falls risk drivers showed greater costs to secondary task performance than did low falls risk drivers, and low falls risk older adults also outperformed high falls risk older adults on a computer-based measure of dual-task performance.
Our results suggest that attentional differences between high and low falls risk older adults extend to simulated driving performance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gaspar, John G.& Neider, Mark B.& Kramer, Arthur F.. 2013. Falls Risk and Simulated Driving Performance in Older Adults. Journal of Aging Research،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gaspar, John G.…[et al.]. Falls Risk and Simulated Driving Performance in Older Adults. Journal of Aging Research No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Gaspar, John G.& Neider, Mark B.& Kramer, Arthur F.. Falls Risk and Simulated Driving Performance in Older Adults. Journal of Aging Research. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-465467