Midfrontal theta and cognitive control during interlimb coordination across the adult lifespan

S Depestele, K van Dun, S Verstraelen… - Journal of Motor …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Interlimb coordination is required for adequate execution of most daily life activities. Yet,
aging negatively affects interlimb coordination, impacting the quality of life in older people …

Age and interlimb coordination complexity modulate oscillatory spectral dynamics and large-scale functional connectivity

S Van Hoornweder, DAB Mora, S Depestele, J Frieske… - Neuroscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Interlimb coordination deteriorates as a result of aging. Due to its ubiquity in daily life, a
greater understanding of the underlying neurophysiological changes is required. Here, we …

Aging-related changes in motor response-related theta activity

J Yordanova, M Falkenstein, V Kolev - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that a distributed oscillatory system in the brain operating in the theta
(3.5–7 Hz) frequency range plays a major role in coordinating motor actions. The major …

Cognitive involvement in balance, gait and dual-tasking in aging: a focused review from a neuroscience of aging perspective

KZH Li, L Bherer, A Mirelman, I Maidan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A substantial corpus of evidence suggests that the cognitive involvement in postural control
and gait increases with aging. A large portion of such studies were based on dual-task …

Switching between hands in a serial reaction time task: a comparison between young and old adults

M Hoff, S Trapp, E Kaminski, B Sehm… - Frontiers in aging …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Healthy aging is associated with a variety of functional and structural brain alterations.
These age-related brain alterations have been assumed to negatively impact cognitive and …

EEG beta-modulations reflect age-specific motor resource allocation during dual-task walking

J Protzak, K Gramann - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The parallel execution of two motor tasks can lead to performance decrements in either one
or both of the tasks. Age-related declines can further magnify the underlying competition for …

[HTML][HTML] Increased prefrontal top-down control in older adults predicts motor performance and age-group association

PA Loehrer, FS Nettersheim, CR Oehrn, F Homberg… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Bimanual motor control declines during ageing, affecting the ability of older adults to
maintain independence. An important underlying factor is cortical atrophy, particularly …

Alpha and beta neural oscillations differentially reflect age-related differences in bilateral coordination

PC Shih, CJ Steele, VV Nikulin, C Gundlach… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bilateral in-phase (IP) and anti-phase (AP) movements represent two fundamental modes of
bilateral coordination that are essential for daily living. Although previous studies have …

Ipsilateral coordination at preferred rate: effects of age, body side and task complexity

A Van Impe, JP Coxon, DJ Goble, N Wenderoth… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Functional imaging studies have shown that elderly individuals activate widespread
additional brain networks, compared to young subjects, when performing motor tasks …

Two hands, one brain, and aging

C Maes, J Gooijers, JJO de Xivry, SP Swinnen… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Many activities of daily living require moving both hands in an organized manner in space
and time. Therefore, understanding the impact of aging on bimanual coordination is …