The perceived control model of falling: developing a unified framework to understand and assess maladaptive fear of falling

TJ Ellmers, MR Wilson, EC Kal, WR Young - Age and ageing, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background fear of falling is common in older adults and can have a profound influence on a
variety of behaviours that increase fall risk. However, fear of falling can also have potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive load, working memory capacity and driving performance: A preliminary fNIRS and eye tracking study

DP Broadbent, G D'Innocenzo, TJ Ellmers… - … research part F: traffic …, 2023 - Elsevier
A common cause of road traffic incidents is driver distraction, which can occur when the
driver's attention is engaged in a concurrent secondary task. However, the relationship …

Gait characteristics of CKD patients: a systematic review

DD Zemp, O Giannini, P Quadri, ED de Bruin - BMC nephrology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) often present with
prevalent gait impairment and high fall rates, particularly in advanced CKD stages. Gait …

Eye blink rate increases as a function of cognitive load during an auditory oddball paradigm

A Magliacano, S Fiorenza, A Estraneo, L Trojano - Neuroscience Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous evidence suggests that changes in spontaneous eye blink rate (EBR) in human
adults might reflect the amount of attentional demand (ie cognitive load) during cognitive …

Does the effect of enthusiasm in a pedagogical Agent's voice depend on mental load in the Learner's working memory?

M Beege, S Schneider, S Nebel, GD Rey - Computers in Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
The emotional design hypothesis states that features in digital learning materials can elicit
emotional reactions. Voice-related cues, such as enthusiastic accentuations are getting …

The impact of contextual information and a secondary task on anticipation performance: An interpretation using cognitive load theory

OR Runswick, A Roca, A Mark Williams… - Applied Cognitive …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
When performing under severe time constraints, sports performers use kinematic and
contextual information to facilitate anticipation. We examined the relative importance of …

Patients with knee osteoarthritis have altered gait and gaze patterns compared to age-matched controls: A pilot study

S Le Rossignol, E Fraser, A Grant, K Doma… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Although knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) sufferers are at an increased risk of falls,
possibly due to impaired gait function, the associated gaze behaviour in patients with KOA …

The effect of cognitive task complexity on healthy gait in the walking corsi test

N Camp, R Vagnetti, M Bisele, P Felton, K Hunter… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dual-task activities are essential within everyday life, requiring visual–spatial memory (VSM)
and mobility skills. Navigational memory is an important component of VSM needed to carry …

[HTML][HTML] Conscious motor control impairs attentional processing efficiency during precision stepping

TJ Ellmers, WR Young - Gait & posture, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Current evidence suggests that fall-related anxiety can impair attentional
processing efficiency during gait in both young and older adults, reducing the cognitive …

Dual-tasking impacts gait, cognitive performance, and gaze behavior during walking in a real-world environment in older adult fallers and non-fallers

LA Zukowski, JE Tennant, G Iyigun, CA Giuliani… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Everyday walking often involves simultaneous performance of a cognitive task
in environments with competing auditory and visual stimuli. Previous research has not …