Stress-Induced Responses in Conscious Movement Processing and Walking Behaviour in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: We investigated how psychological and walking behaviours would respond to environmental stressor between older adults with different psychomotor tendencies. We recruited 102 community-dwelling older adults and split them into those with higher conscious movement processing tendencies (HCMP) and lower conscious movement processing tendencies (LCMP). Participants walked straight for 7.4 m in a normal environment (level-ground surface) and in a challenging environment (elevated, foam surface). Real-time conscious movement processing (indicated by T3-Fz electroencephalography coherence), walking stability (indicated by the variabilities in gait parameters and medial-lateral excursion of upper body sway), and neuromuscular efficiency (indicated by co-contraction index of lower limb muscles) wer

SUBMITTER: Mak TCT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12169386 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature