Prefrontal and Motor Planning Cortical Activity during Stepping Tasks Is Related to Task Complexity but Not Concern about Falling in Older People: A fNIRS Study
This study investigated the effect of concern about falling on neural efficiency during stepping in older people. Community-dwellers aged >65 years were categorised as having low (<i>n</i> = 71) and high (<i>n</i> = 28) concerns about falling based on the Iconographical Fa...
Main Authors: | Carmen Tung, Stephen Ronald Lord, Paulo Henrique Silva Pelicioni, Daina Louise Sturnieks, Jasmine Charlotte Christiane Menant |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-12-01
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Series: | Brain Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/12/1675 |
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