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Exploring attentional focus of older adult fallers during heightened postural threat.

Toby J EllmersAdam J CocksWilliam R Young
Published in: Psychological research (2019)
As processing worries/disturbing thoughts will likely reduce attentional resources available for effective postural control, we highlight this as one potential area to target interventions aimed at reducing the likelihood of repeated falling.
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