Faculty of Occupational Therapy, Kansai University of Health Sciences, Sennan, Osaka, Japan
Research
Eye Movements and Frontal Cerebral Blood Flow during Dual-Task Performance in Young Adults: Basic Data to Identify the Mechanisms Underlying Falling in Older Adults
Author(s): Kazumasa Yamada*, Kiminobu Furukawa, Shinya Yokoyama, Daisuke Kimura and Kazuko Watanabe
This study aimed to obtain basic data necessary for elucidating the mechanisms underlying falling in elderly people during walking. The participants, who were healthy young women (n=19; mean age, 23.1 ± 1.9 years), performed pseudo-walking foot-stepping motions according to the following three conditions: (1) foot-stepping at their usual walking speed (single task), (2) performing a foot-stepping motion at their usual walking speed while solving a mathematical problem (dual task), and (3) performing foot-stepping at their usual walking speed while looking carefully at an image in front of them (control task). Participants’ eyeball movements, number of steps, and blood flow rates in the frontal lobe were measured. We found that participants’ eyeball movements were significantly larger and faster during the dual task than during the single or control task (p<0.05)... Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2376-0281.2020.7.381
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