The performance of stroke survivors in turning-while-walking while carrying out a concurrent cognitive task compared with controls.

Turning-while-walking is one of the commonest causes of falls in stroke survivors. It involves cognitive processing and may be challenging when performed concurrently with a cognitive task. Previous studies of dual-tasking involving turning-while-walking in stroke survivors show that the performance...

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Main Authors: Wing-Nga Chan, William Wai-Nam Tsang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5741217?pdf=render