Dual task and postural control in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

• Main Authors: Larissa Pires de Andrade (Author), Natália Madalena Rinaldi (Author), Flávia Gomes de Melo Coelho (Author), Kátia Tanaka (Author), Florindo Stella (Author), Lilian Teresa Bucken Gobbi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients with neurodegenerative diseases are required to use cognitive resources while maintaining postural control. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a frontal cognitive task on postural control in patients with Alzheimer, Parkinson and controls. Thirty-eight participants were...