Examining the influence of cognition on the relationship between backward walking and falls in persons with multiple sclerosis - Edwards EM, Daugherty AM, Fritz NE.

BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes motor, cognitive, and sensory impairments that result in injurious falls. Current fall risk measures in MS (ie, forward walking [FW] speed and balance) are limited in their sensitivity. Backward walking (BW) veloc...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news