Balance task difficulty
Balance task difficulty has been studied in 1 paper since 2023: 1 observational study in people. The newest paper, Apr 21, 2023: “Exploring how arm movement moderates the effect of task difficulty on balance performance in young and older adults”.
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“increasing balance task difficulty raised the arm restriction cost (ARC; a new measure to quantify free vs. restricted arm movement differences in postural control) that was more prominent in older adults.”
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- Humans1
What did studies of Balance task difficulty find?
1Studies of Balance task difficulty measured 1 outcome; the most studied are arm restriction cost (1 study).
Arm restriction cost
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1 study
Arm restriction cost
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Balance task difficulty increases arm restriction cost in humans.
“increasing balance task difficulty raised the arm restriction cost (ARC; a new measure to quantify free vs. restricted arm movement differences in postural control) that was more prominent in older adults.”
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Exploring how arm movement moderates the effect of task difficulty on balance performance in young and older adults
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