Dynamic postural control and associated attentional demands in contemporary dancers versus non-dancers.

ABSTRACT: Postural control is not a fully automatic process, but requires a certain level of attention, particularly as the difficulty of the postural task increases. This study aimed at testing whether experienced contemporary dancers, because of their specialized training involving the control of posture/balance, would present with a dual-task performance suggesting lesser attentional demands associated with dynamic postural control compared with non-dancers. Twenty dancers and 16 non-dancers performed a dynamic postural tracking task in both antero-posterior and side-to-side directions, while standing on a force platform. The postural task was performed, in turn, 1) as a stand-alone task, and concurrently with both 2) a simple reaction time task and 3) a choice reaction time task. Postural contro

SUBMITTER: Sirois-Leclerc G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5360244 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature