Overview
- The first book to address the role of aging and movement disorders on motor control, especially on walking and posture
- Multidisciplinary approach about the effects of aging and movement disorders on locomotion and posture
- Knowledge applicable in everyday life of elderly with and without movement disorders, helping in rehabilitation and physical intervention with this population
- The book discusses the mechanisms for control, planning and motor action that impair the walking and postural control related to aging and movement disorders
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background Concepts to Motor Control in Aging and Movement Disorders
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Walking
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Posture
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About this book
This book is an attempt to advance the discussion and improve our understanding about the effects of aging and movement disorders on motor control during walking and postural tasks. Despite these activities are performed daily, there is a high requirement of motor and neural systems in order to perform both tasks efficiently. Both walking and posture require a complex interaction of musculoskeletal and neural systems. However, the mechanisms used to control these tasks, as well as how they are planned and coordinated, are still a question of discussion among health professionals and researchers. In addition, this discussion is more interesting when the effects of aging are included in the context of locomotion and the postural control. The number of older individuals is 841 million in 2015, which is four times higher than the 202 million that lived in 1950. Aging causes many motor, sensorial and neural deficits, which impair locomotion and postural control in the elderly. The severity of this framework is worsened when the aging goes along with a movement disorder, such as Parkinson disease, Chorea, Dystonia, Huntington disease, etc.
Therefore, the aim of this book is to highlight the influence of different aspects on planning, controlling and performing locomotion and posture tasks. In attempting to improve current knowledge in this field, invited authors present and discuss how environmental, sensorial, motor, cognitive and individual aspects influence the planning and performance of locomotor and postural activities. The major thrust of the book is to address the mechanisms involved in controlling and planning motor action in neurological healthy individuals, as well as in those who suffer from movement disorders or face the effects of aging, indicating the aspects that impair locomotion and postural control. In addition, new technologies, tools and interventions designed to manage the effects of aging and movement disorders arepresented in the book.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rodrigo Vitório: Postdoctoral Fellow and professor of the graduate program in Human Movement Science at Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP (Rio Claro, Brazil). Bachelor in Physical Education (2006), Master of Science (2009) and Ph.D. (2015) in Human Movement Science. Has worked as Research Assistant at the Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Canada – 2013). Main research interests are focused on (i) how visual information is used for the control of locomotion in patients with Parkinson’s disease; (ii) how Parkinson’s disease and its progression affect the ability to avoid obstacles while walking; (iii) the prediction of falls in patients with Parkinson’s disease and older adults.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Locomotion and Posture in Older Adults
Book Subtitle: The Role of Aging and Movement Disorders
Editors: Fabio Augusto Barbieri, Rodrigo Vitório
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48980-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48979-7Published: 17 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84060-4Published: 04 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48980-3Published: 07 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 457
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Physiotherapy, Neurosciences, Sports Medicine