Why the study?
Does manipulating the focus of attention affect the regularity of center-of-pressure trajectories in healthy young adults?
Population
30 healthy young adults
Comparison
Manipulating the focus of attention vs Baseline postural control
Design
Other
Authors
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Increased internal focus may reduce postural efficiency in young adults; hypothesis-generating for dual-task balance interventions in clinical groups.
Does manipulating the focus of attention affect the regularity of center-of-pressure trajectories in healthy young adults?
Regularity of center-of-pressure trajectories is positively related to the amount of attention invested in postural control, suggesting that an increased internal focus may be detrimental to postural control efficiency.
Donker et al. (2007) studied this question.
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