ArticleBMC geriatrics2021
How cognitive loads modulate the postural control of older women with low back pain?
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- Visual attention and postural stability among older adults participating in health-enhancing physical activity: a systematic review.Frontiers in network physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of dual-task conditions on postural control in adults with low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
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- Influence of cognitive function on postural control in physically independent older women: a time and time-frequency domain analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Postural stability reveals cognitive load of holding an intention in mind.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The alternation of neural oscillations during dual task standing in older adults with low back pain.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Article
- The burden of low back pain in BRICS: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Translational insights into pain mechanisms and balance impairments in aging: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- The influence of cognitive load and vision variability on postural balance in adolescents with intellectual disabilities.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Individual Variation in Adaptive Ability of the Anticipated Postural Stability During a Dual-Task Single-Leg Landing in Female Athletes.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of Cognitive Load on Anticipatory Postural Adjustment Latency and its Relationship with Pain-Related Dysfunction in Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pain and therapy · 2023Article
- Changes in cortical activation during upright stance in individuals with chronic low back pain: An fNIRS study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Postural Control of Patients with Low Back Pain Under Dual-Task Conditions.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Effects of core stability training on older women with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe capacity of postural control is a key factor related to falling in older people, particularly in older women with low back pain (LBP). Cognitive involvement in postural control increases with age. However, most scholars have not considered different difficulty levels of cognitive loads when exploring the effects of cognition on postural control in older patients with LBP. The present study is to investigate how different levels of cognitive loads modulate postural control in older women with LBP.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study. Twenty older women with LBP were recruited into the LBP group, and 20 healthy older women without the history of LBP were recruited into the healthy control group. Balance parameters were computed to quantify postural control. All participants underwent the balance test, which required the participant to maintain stability during standing on a force platform with or without a concurrent cognitive task. The balance test included three levels of difficulties of posture tasks (eyes-open vs. eyes-closed vs. one-leg stance) and three cognitive tasks (without cognitive task vs. auditory arithmetic task vs. serial-7 s arithmetic task).
resultsA repeated-measure analysis of variance (3 postural tasks × 3 congnitive tasks× 2 groups) testing the effects of the different congnitive task levels on the performance in different postural conditions. Older women with LBP had worse postural control (as reflected by larger center of pressure (COP) parameters) than control group regardless of postural or cognitive difficulties. Compared with the single task, the COP parameters of participants with LBP were larger during dual tasks, even though the difficulty level of the cognitive task was low. Larger COP parameters were shown only if the difficulty level of the cognitive task was high in control group. Correlations between sway area/sway length and the number of falls were significant in dual tasks.
conclusionOur findings shed light on how cognitive loads modulate postural control for older women with LBP. Compared with control group, cognitive loads showed more disturbing effects on postural control in older women with LBP, which was associated with falling.
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