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The role of executive attention in healthy older adults' concurrent walking and counting [PDF]

, 2014
Completing activities of daily life relies on using both cognitive and physical resources efficiently, but these are affected by age. This may be due either to an age-related reduction in the resources we have available for carrying out tasks or to a ...
Maclean, Linda MacArthur
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The value of various brain pathways impairment in the post-stroke rehabilitation of walking function

Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2017
Corticospinal tract (CST) is the major brain pathway yieldingmotor activity; however, functional role of the CST and other pathwaysin the implementation of such a socially important functionas walking in patients with stroke is not completely clear ...
A. S. Kadykov, Yu. D. Barkhatov
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Effect of aquatic walking on prefrontal activity and executive function in healthy middle- and old-aged adults: a pilot study

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2023
Previous studies have shown that normal and complex land walking (e.g. dual-task and obstacle walk) have a positive effect on the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and executive function. However, little is known about the benefits of aquatic walking.
Tatsuya Hashitomi, Daisuke Hoshi, Takashi Tarumi, Jun Sugawara, Koichi Watanabe   +4 more
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Everyday walking with Parkinson's disease: understanding personal challenges and strategies [PDF]

, 2008
PURPOSE: This qualitative study was designed to explore the personal experience of everyday walking with Parkinson's disease (PD), the challenges and the strategies employed to compensate for difficulties, to help contextualise the scientific knowledge ...
Nieuwboer, Alice, Hetherington, V., Willems, A.M., van Wegen, E.E.H., Kwakkel, Gert, Rochester, Lynn, Jones, Diana, Birleson, A., Rochester, L., Jones, D.A., van Wegen, Erwin, Birleson, Angela, Nieuwboer, A., Hetherington, Victoria, Willems, Anne-Marie, Kwakkel, G.   +15 more
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The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking and Wellbeing [PDF]

, 2022
Our public survey showed that more people walked during COVID-19, and walked more frequently. However, some people walked less, or their walking reduced over the various lockdowns. Many barriers or challenges to walking were identified by respondents.
Wright, Carole, Grant, Jenson, Cullinan, Fiona, Welton, Emma, Wortley, Jessica, O’Neill, Maggie, Meynell, Harriette, Rudd, Genevieve, Blissett, Sarah, Broadbent, Ruth, Ford, Patrick S., Sundree-Latchmi Rodgers, Monique, Hind, Claire, Ghelani, Sheila, Ludhra, Geeta, Nathan, Idit, Sharanya, Qualmann, Clare, Welch, Kathryn, Yiu, Nina, Collison, Claire, Orley, Emily, Stratford, Helen, Rose, Morag, Overall, Sonia, Whitelaw, Stephanie, Fisher, Laura, Wilson, Harry, Brydon, Lavinia, O’Brien, Audrey, greenandowens, Wilson, Louise Ann, Nightingale, Lydia, Billinghurst, Helen, Staff, Jenny, Heddon, Dee, Scott, Ronnie, Rowley, Liberty, Puppio, Stefano   +38 more
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The Complexity of Blood Pressure Fluctuation Mediated the Effects of Hypertension on Walking Speed in Older Adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2021
Background: Older adults with hypertension often had diminished walking performance. The underlying mechanism through which hypertension affects walking performance, however, has not been fully understood.
Xin Jiang, Xin Jiang, Xin Jiang, Yurun Cai, Yue Zhao, Xia Gao, Xia Gao, Xia Gao, Dan Peng, Dan Peng, Dan Peng, Hui Zhang, Hui Zhang, Hui Zhang, Wuhong Deng, Wuhong Deng, Wuhong Deng, Wen Fu, Wen Fu, Wen Fu, Na Qin, Na Qin, Na Qin, Ruizhen Chang, Ruizhen Chang, Ruizhen Chang, Brad Manor, Brad Manor, Brad Manor, Junhong Zhou, Junhong Zhou, Junhong Zhou   +31 more
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Relationships of Walking and non-Walking Physical Activities in Daily Life with Cognitive Function and Physical Characteristics in Male Patients with Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is accompanied by dyspnea on exertion due to airflow limitation caused by bronchial stenosis, with afflicted patients being less physically active.
Shojiro Egoshi, Jun Horie, Akinori Nakagawa, Yuriko Matsunaga, Shinichiro Hayashi   +4 more
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Effects of an unsupervised Nordic walking intervention on cognitive and physical function among older women engaging in volunteer activity

Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2021
Background: Nordic walking (NW) has been reported as a safe and effective exercise mode. However, the effects of NW on cognitive function are unknown. This study examined the effects of an unsupervised NW intervention on cognitive and physical function ...
Yuta Nemoto, Ryota Sakurai, Susumu Ogawa, Kazushi Maruo, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +4 more
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Advances on lower limb exoskeleton robotic systems to improve walking function of stroke patients

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
With the booming development of rehabilitation medicine engineering in recent years, the role of lower limb exoskeletal robotic systems in the treatment of walking function recovery of post⁃stroke has received much attention.
WANG Yan , WU Shan⁃hong , GONG Zi⁃han   +2 more
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Asymptotics for exponential functionals of random walks

Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 2023
43 pages, 1 Figure, 1 table. We thank Zhihao Cui and Hao Wu a lot for pointing out several typos and errors that have been highlightened with red ...
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