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Locomotion and Posture in Older Adults

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Complex Systems Approach to the Study of Posture and Locomotion in Older People
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    Chapter 2 Clinical Aspects of Movement Disorders: Effects on Walking and Posture
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    Chapter 3 Neuropsychological Aspects of Gait Disorders
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    Chapter 4 Gait Stability and Aging
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    Chapter 5 Visual Control of Adaptive Locomotion and Changes Due to Natural Ageing
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    Chapter 6 The Walking Ability in Healthy Older Adults: The Role of Aging and Physical Activity and Its Interface with Agility, Balance, Cognition, and Risk of Falls
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    Chapter 7 Cognition, Gait Disorders, and Fall Risk in Healthy Neurological Older Individuals
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    Chapter 8 Visual Control of Locomotion in People with Parkinson’s Disease
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    Chapter 9 Gait Disturbances in Movement Disorders: A Motor-Cognitive Problem
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    Chapter 10 The Influence of Muscle Fatigue on Walking: The Role of Aging and Parkinson’s Disease
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    Chapter 11 Parkinson’s Disease and Gait Asymmetry
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    Chapter 12 Effects of Physical Activity on Walking in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
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    Chapter 13 Older Adults Are Incapable of Changing Sensory-Motor Coupling During Upright Stance with Visual Manipulation and Different Attentional Demands
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    Chapter 14 Contribution of Fingertip Light Touch on Postural Stabilization of Older Adults
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    Chapter 15 Effects of Vision on Postural Control in Neurologically Healthy Individuals
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    Chapter 16 Balance Control in Older Adults
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    Chapter 17 Falls and Postural Stability in Older Individuals: Implications for Activities of Daily Living
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    Chapter 18 Exercise to Maximise Postural Control and Reduce the Risk of Falls in Older Age
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    Chapter 19 Interlateral Asymmetries of Body Balance Control Resulting from Cerebral Stroke
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    Chapter 20 Postural Control and Somatosensory Information: Effects of Aging and Parkinson’s Disease
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    Chapter 21 Exercise and Balance in Older Adults with Movement Disorders
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    Chapter 22 Gait Initiation in Older People: Concepts, Clinical Implications and Methodology
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    Chapter 23 Contribution of Virtual Reality (Nintendo Wii) for Exercise Training and Rehabilitation
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    Chapter 24 Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease: Effects on Gait and Postural Control
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    Chapter 25 Using Virtual Reality to Advance the Understanding and Rehabilitation of Gait Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease
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    Chapter 26 The Applicability of Inertial Motion Sensors for Locomotion and Posture
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    Chapter 27 Age-Related Changes in the Neural Control of Standing Balance
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Chapter title
Gait Stability and Aging
Chapter number 4
Book title
Locomotion and Posture in Older Adults
Published by
Springer International Publishing, February 2017
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48980-3_4
Book ISBNs
978-3-31-948979-7, 978-3-31-948980-3
Authors

Luis Mochizuki, Sandra Aliberti

Editors

Fabio Augusto Barbieri, Rodrigo Vitório

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 12 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 12 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 33%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 17%
Student > Bachelor 2 17%
Other 1 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 8%
Other 1 8%
Unknown 1 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 3 25%
Sports and Recreations 2 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 8%
Engineering 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 33%